It’s dead simple: We need a circular acceleration of at least 9.8 m/s 2 (the acceleration of a free-falling object)—otherwise gravity takes over. So I’ll plug that in on the left.

Learn the key differences between centripetal and centrifugal forces, their real-world applications in physics, and how they shape our understanding of circular motion.

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Segment 3G: Circular Motion We travel to an amusement park to explore circular motion. We work through an example problem and define such terms as tangential velocity and centripetal acceleration ...