Understanding Circular Motion: Is My Combined Proportionality Statement Correct?

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doing a lab report on circular motion and was asked to make a combined proportionality statement, just asking yes or no, is this right?

[tex]F_c \propto f^{2} \propto a_c \propto \frac{1}{m} \propto r[/tex]

where "F_c" is the centripetal force,
"f" is frequency in Hz,
"a_c" is the centripetal acceleration,
"m" is the mass in circular motion,
and "r" is the radius of the circumference of motion

is that right? does the order matter?

thanks
 
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What were the graphs that you draw (and found a directly proportional relationship)? How did you measure [itex]a_c[/itex] as a matter of interest?
 
nvrm, the it is [tex]F \propto f^2mr[/tex]

thanks tho