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Thanks everyone for the help. I think I understand better now but will probably just move on and play around with the notion in my mind. :)

When it is said the force must be directed towards the center I do not see how this would generate circular motion around the center. When I hear this I imagine pressing down on a car tire at the very top. Obviously this would not cause the tire to spin but I am applying force towards the...

Hey Everyone :), This is my first post and I'm hoping it will give me some insight into how to view centripedal force. I was following a problem in An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow and made my way through their problem on uniform circular motion. I am having trouble...