Suppose that someone who does not believe that centrifugal force is indeed an in

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Suppose that someone who does not believe that centrifugal force is indeed an intertial force stated the following comment:

"The only force that we experience while riding our cars are those due to gravity and the normal force provided by the seat that we sit on. So when the car enters a curve and starts to turn, we feel a push away from the center of the curve because of the car's centrifugal force that is acted on us. Although we also push the car due to Newton's 3rd law, the only reason why we do not realize this is because the car's mass is larger than ours and it seems as if only the car is pushing against us."

Briefly analyze the kinematics of a person riding a car that is turning a curve, and discuss in physical terms why the above comment is incorrect.

Explanation / Answer

to analsye the system, first we must understand about turning of car. when a car turns, its velocity changes its direction, so there is acceleration acting on it. so there must be force acting on it which is called centripetal force. that force is frictional force acting on tyres. so car turns but what about person sitting in that car. that person also need that force to turn. os due to lacking of that force person body do not change its direction of motion but car changes its direction thats why we feel push away and responsible force we term it as centrifugal force. so we do not feel push due to centripetal force of car so that statement is wrong.

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