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What's Centripetal force................

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A centripetal force is a force that makes a body follow a curved path. Its direction is always orthogonal to the motion of the body and towards the fixed point of the instantaneous center of curvature of the path.

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a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed towards the centre around which the body is moving.

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