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Why is centripetal acceleration inward?

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spliff.Life
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Why is centripetal acceleration inward?
Aug 11 2011 1:20AM
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Heinzler
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why are we here? what ith the meaning of life? thome questionth will never be answered..
Aug 11 2011 1:24AM
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1337
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it was confusing for me too
Aug 11 2011 1:24AM
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Culla
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Hope this helps...


http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/u6l1c.cfm


Aug 11 2011 1:33AM
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Culla
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Link fail.

Aug 11 2011 1:34AM
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MN_Nice
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Google is sick.
Aug 11 2011 1:34AM
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Ducky.
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Because
Aug 11 2011 1:34AM
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Culla
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Sometimes it's tough to remember the search bar in your browser is just at the top of the page...
Aug 11 2011 1:37AM
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Anathema
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why is your center of mass outside your body when you're bent over / arched?

my center of mass is outside of my...... mass? so much for being in the center of anything
Aug 11 2011 1:46AM
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ObiWanKablowme
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because without an inward force to counteract inertia it would just be plain acceleration. which is boring.
Aug 14 2011 4:09PM
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