When rounding a curve in a fast- moving car, we experience a feeling of being thrown outward

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When rounding a curve in a fast- moving car, we experience a feeling of being thrown outward (Fig. 7.27). It is sometimes said that this effect occurs because of an out-ward centrifugal (center-fleeing) force. However, in terms of Newton€™s laws for a ground- based observer, this pseudo, or false, force doesn€™t really exist. Analyze the situation in the figure to show that this is the case (that is, that the force does not exist.
When rounding a curve in a fast- moving car, we
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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0321601834

7th edition

Authors: Jerry D. Wilson, Anthony J. Buffa, Bo Lou

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