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In which direction does centripetal force act on an object?

in the opposite direction of the tangential speed of the object
in the same direction of the tangential speed of the object
toward the outside of the circle in which the object is moving
toward the center of the circle in which the object is moving

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
toward the center of the circle in which the object is moving.

(Centripetal force is radially inward — perpendicular to the tangential velocity — and is what continuously changes the direction of the object's velocity in circular motion.)