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Can centripetal force ever do work on an object? ...?
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Can centripetal force ever do work on an object? ...?

User Iryna Batvina
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no, i think centripetal force can never do work on object

Work = force x distance

Centripetal force can create the force, but there will never be any effect on the distance, which make it became 0

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