Imagine you are on a merry-go-round that is turning at aconstant rotational speed. You are standing near its center,and you start walking at a constant speed along a straightline painted radially on ...

Have you ever wondered why hurricanes spin in only one direction in each hemisphere? How about why you get thrown against the side of your seat if you careen around a corner in your car? You’ve ...

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Centrifugal force () is the apparent force that draws a rotating body away from the center of rotation. It is caused by the inertia of the body. In Newtonian mechanics, the term centrifugal force is ...

Imagine you are on a merry-go-round turning at a constant rotational speed. You are standing near its center, and you start walking at a constant speed along a straight line painted radially on its ...