Timeline for If centrifugal force isn't real then why am I being pushed on a merry go rournd?
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| Jun 27, 2018 at 13:43 | comment | added | Steeven | @AsifIqubal Yep. Inertia keeps your body moving in a straight line with the speed it has. This is why you move outwards in a circular motion - not because anything pushes you, but because nothing pulls you in. If something then pulls you in, then you will feel that inwards pull (form car door or merry-go-round rail) and will follow along in the circular motion. Bottom line: There is no force pushing you outwards anywhere in this explanation. There is no such thing as a centrifugal force. It just looks like it. It is just an illusion. | |
| Jun 27, 2018 at 11:55 | comment | added | Theoretical | So basically there's no centrifugal force, its just an illusion created by inertia? | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 18:47 | comment | added | Steeven | @AsifIqubal I don't think you read my answer... The centrifugal "force" can't cancel anything out since... it doesn't exist. Saying that the centrifugal and centripetal forces are equal makes no sense since... the centrifugal force doesn't exist. | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 16:14 | comment | added | Theoretical | If the magnitude of centrifugal force is same as centripetal and opposite in direction then why don't they cancel each other? | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 12:58 | history | edited | Steeven | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2018 at 12:53 | history | answered | Steeven | CC BY-SA 4.0 |