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buyhesitestba buyhesitestba
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Also, what is the difference between centrifugal and centripetal acceleration? I'm not looking for a long lengthy answer. I already know what centripetal acceleration is, however, I'm just confusing the term with these other two terms.
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It's like swinging a weight on the end of a string. As you are swinging there is a force on the weight caused by the string (centripetal force), and there is a force on the string cause by the weight (centrifugal force), if you let go the string the weight will continue to travel in a tangential direction. Don't know what tangential acceleration would be in this analogy, it does not exist.
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