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2. A center-seeking force related to acceleration is _______ force.

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We want to know what force is always pointed towards the center. In order for the motion to be circular, a force must act constantly towards the center of the curvature of the path. It's name comes from Latin: "centrum" is center and "petere", to seek. So we get centripetal force.
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