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When a car travels around a curve in the road , what supplies the centripetal force needed ?
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When a car travels around a curve in the road , what supplies the centripetal force needed ?

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The centrifugal force working against the car would be the entire car's weight, so the centripetal force that is supplied to the car must be the car's tires traction, aka the friction of the car's tires and the surface.
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