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An object is in circular motion. How will the object behave if the centripetal force is removed?
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.
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It would move in a line tangent to the circular path.
Explanation: the centripetal force provides the inward acceleration that continually changes the object's direction. If that force is removed there is no acceleration, so by inertia the object continues with the instantaneous velocity — i.e. in a straight line tangent to the circle.
Explanation: the centripetal force provides the inward acceleration that continually changes the object's direction. If that force is removed there is no acceleration, so by inertia the object continues with the instantaneous velocity — i.e. in a straight line tangent to the circle.
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