Centripetal force is a force that acts towards the center of a circular path and keeps an object moving in a curved trajectory.
Imagine swinging a yo-yo around your hand using a string. The tension in the string pulling towards your hand represents centripetal force, keeping the yo-yo moving in a circular path instead of flying off tangentially.
Centrifugal Force: Centrifugal force is often misunderstood as an actual force but it's actually just inertia causing objects to move away from the center when they are rotating.
Circular Motion: Circular motion refers to any motion along a circular path and involves constantly changing direction without changing speed.
Tangential Velocity: Tangential velocity is the linear velocity at any point on a circular path tangent to that point. It determines how fast an object moves along its circular trajectory.
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