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Which situation during a basketball game involves centripetal acceleration?
The official tosses the ball up for the opening tip-off.
A player passes the ball to another player.
The basketball bounces off the backboard.
A player spins a basketball on his finger.
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A player spins a basketball on his finger.
Reason: centripetal acceleration occurs when an object (or parts of it) move in a circular path and must be accelerated toward the circle's center. When a ball is spun, points on the ball move in circles and require an inward (centripetal) acceleration (a = v^2/r = ω^2 r). The toss, pass, and a single bounce are linear/projectile or impulsive motions and do not involve continuous circular motion about a fixed center.
Reason: centripetal acceleration occurs when an object (or parts of it) move in a circular path and must be accelerated toward the circle's center. When a ball is spun, points on the ball move in circles and require an inward (centripetal) acceleration (a = v^2/r = ω^2 r). The toss, pass, and a single bounce are linear/projectile or impulsive motions and do not involve continuous circular motion about a fixed center.
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