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Without inertia, how would an object that is experiencing a centripetal force behave?

It would move in a line away from the circle’s center.
It would move in a line toward the circle’s center.
It would move in a curved, circular path.
It would move in a line tangent to the circular path.

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B. It would move in a line toward the circle’s center.

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The correct option is this: IT WOULD MOVE IN A CURVED CIRCULAR PATH.
Objects that are travelling in circular paths change directions all the time as they move round the circle, but they are prevented from moving off in a straight line by centripetal force. The centripetal force keeps pulling the objects towards the center of the circle.
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