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Centrifugal force is an inertial (pseudo or fictious) force used in a non-inertial frame of reference in order to apply the Newton's laws of motion. If your question is about centripetal force, which is a real force that points towards the center of a circular trajectory, use the tag "centripetal-force" instead.

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Centripetal and Centrifugal force

If water stays in a pail of water that is whirled around a circular path, the water stays in the pail. But is it because of centripetal force or inertia? I'm getting confused by all the different answ …
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