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Consider a rigid body rotating about a given axis then each of its particle is undergoing a circular motion. Then which is the force that provides centripetal acceleration.

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The body only keeps its form while rotating due to interatomic forces. Otherwise each part would follow straight line trajectories.

That are the centripetal forces that allow a centripetal acceleration.

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