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    Undergrad Centripetal Force vs Centrifugal Force

    Thank you very much for your answers, you've been just fantastic. Studiot, thanks for the welcome. I think I am kind of understanding now how this thing works, but I want to make sure I understand well. -If a person is in a merry-go-round does and he gets pushed away from the center. Would you...
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    Undergrad Centripetal Force vs Centrifugal Force

    Dear Muphrid, thank you for your answer. In the way I think about it, the object wants to go in a straight and the force that makes it deviate from the straight path is the gravitational one. Why do I think it this way? Because if I accelerate the object, and so increase the centripetal force...
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    Undergrad Centripetal Force vs Centrifugal Force

    Hi, thank you for reading this topic. This is something that really bothers me...First of all let me say that I know what the terms centripetal and centrifugal stand for. What's the problem then? The problem is that I've always read that the centripetal force is an actual force and that...