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Moneer81
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hey guys,
I know this topic has been discussed before, but I have a stupid question about it: we know that in circular motion we always have an acceleration towards the center (centripetal acceleration) but we also have a force that points radially outwards (centrifugal force). Some textbooks said that this is a fictitious force, but my question is that we always feel that force (for example if you're sitting in a car as it goes around a turn, you'll feel a force pushing you in the opposite direction) so it is not a fictitious force, and also how come this force is pointing opposite of the acceleration? according to Newton's second law, you'd expect the force to point along acceleration ?
I'd apperciate your replies..Thanks a lot.
I know this topic has been discussed before, but I have a stupid question about it: we know that in circular motion we always have an acceleration towards the center (centripetal acceleration) but we also have a force that points radially outwards (centrifugal force). Some textbooks said that this is a fictitious force, but my question is that we always feel that force (for example if you're sitting in a car as it goes around a turn, you'll feel a force pushing you in the opposite direction) so it is not a fictitious force, and also how come this force is pointing opposite of the acceleration? according to Newton's second law, you'd expect the force to point along acceleration ?
I'd apperciate your replies..Thanks a lot.