Michael J. answered • 02/07/15
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Centripetal force is the force exerted by an object with a mass when it is in a circular motion. The object with a mass changes direction about a point. It accelerates but the velocity is constant in one direction, which makes velocity and acceleration tangential to each other.
Fc = mac = (mv2)/r
m = mass
v = velocity of the mass
r = the distance between the mass and point of rotation
Ramiza Y.
02/08/15