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The stupidest question ever on relative kinematics and angular velocity [duplicate]

I am scratching my head on a very basic formula whose meaning escapes my intuition. On basically all texts of mechanics the following result is derived: Suppose that a rigid body is moving with ...
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circular motion and relative frame of reference

consider a point O which is center of two circle with radius r and R(r < R). Two particles P and Q are moving on circular path with radius r and R respectively with same constant angular velocity w....
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Why the point right below the center of a rolling ball on the ball has zero instantaneous velocity [duplicate]

Suppose there is a snooker ball rolling on a table. The velocity of the center of the ball is Rω and its direction is horizontally right. I don't understand why the point right below the center on the ...
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