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What are centrifugal and centripetal ?



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Cenrifugal and centripetal are force.

Centripetal force is defined as, "the force that is necessary to keep an object moving in a curved path and that is directed inward toward the center of rotation,

  • " while centrifugal force is defined as "the apparent force that is felt by an object moving in a curved path that acts outwardly away from the center of ...
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