What is centripetal Force, you know !!!!

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According to Newton's first law of motion, whenever a body moves in a straight line with uniform velocity, no force is required to maintain this velocity. But when a body moves along a circular path with uniform speed, its direction changes continuously i.e. velocity keeps on changing on account of a change in direction.

According to Newton's second law of motion, a change in the direction of motion of the body can take place only if some external force acts on the body.

Due to inertia, at every point of the circular path; the body tends to move along the tangent to the circular path at that point (in figure). Since everybody has directional inertia, a velocity cannot change by itself and as such we have to apply a force. But this force should be such that it changes the direction of velocity and not its magnitude. This is possible only if the force acts perpendicular to the direction of velocity. Because the velocity is along the tangent, this force must be along the radius (because the radius of a circle at any point is perpendicular to the tangent at that point).

Further, as this force is to move the body in a circular path, it must acts towards the centre. This centre-seeking force is called the centripetal force. Hence, centripetal force is that force which is required to move a body in a

circular path with uniform speed. The force acts on the body along the radius and towards centre.

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