Centripetal Force

Objective:
Determine the speed needed to keep an object in circular motion.
Design an experiment to test how the mass of the object rotating affects either the speed or the amount of
Force needed
A centripetal force is a net force that acts on an object to
keep it moving along a circular path.
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