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The horses on a carousel or merry-go-round are accelerating because
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The horses on a carousel or merry-go-round are accelerating because

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The speed of the horses in this carousel is constant, but the horses are accelerating because their direction is changing constantly. Acceleration toward the center of a curved or circular path is called centripetal acceleration.
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