Question

Without inertia, how would an object that is experiencing a centripetal force behave?

It would move in a line away from the circle’s center.
It would move in a line toward the circle’s center.
It would move in a curved, circular path.
It would move in a line tangent to the circular path.

Answer 1

It would move in a line toward the circle’s center.

Explanation: without inertia (no tendency to keep moving tangentially), the object would follow the direction of the net force. A centripetal force points inward, so the motion would be a straight line radially toward the center.