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In the equation for centripetal force, which expression represents the centripetal acceleration of the object?

mv2
StartFraction m over r EndFraction
StartFraction v Superscript 2 Baseline over r EndFraction
StartFraction m times v Superscript 2 Baseline over r EndFraction

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The centripetal acceleration is v^2/r (StartFraction v^2 over r EndFraction).

Reason: F_c = m a_c and F_c = m v^2 / r, so a_c = (m v^2 / r)/m = v^2 / r (units m/s^2).