If the string that holds a whirling can in its circular path breaks, what land of force causes it to move in a straight-line path—centripetal, centrifugal, or no force? What law of physics supports your answer?

If the string that holds a whirling can in its circular path breaks, what land of force causes it to move in a straight-line path—centripetal, centrifugal, or no force? What law of physics supports your answer?

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Chapter13: Gravitation

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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