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cclixn
Homework Statement
My textbook states that, "Traveling in a circular path with a smaller radius of curvature requires a greater centripetal force".
But my question is, why, and how is that true? I would have assumed at first that if the radius was getting shorter, then the centripetal force would be decreasing, and not increasing.
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I would have assumed at first that if the radius was getting shorter, then the centripetal force would be decreasing, and not increasing.
So why exactly, and how does having a shorter radius result in greater centripetal force?