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perpendicular to the ball's path

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Q: If A ball is moving in a circular horizontal path the net force on the ball is in which direction?
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What is an inward force on something moving in a circular path?

That is called a centripetal force. Such a force is required for the constant change in direction related to the circular movement (Newton's Second Law).


The net force on an object moving with constant speed in circular motion is in which direction?

The net force is always directly toward the center of the circle.


How does motion in a vertical circle differ from that in a horizontal circle?

During motion in a vertical circle, the force of gravity (weight of the object) is in the same direction as the motion for half the time and in the opposite direction for the rest.For a body moving in a horizontal circle, gravity is acting orthogonally to the motion at all times.During motion in a vertical circle, the force of gravity (weight of the object) is in the same direction as the motion for half the time and in the opposite direction for the rest.For a body moving in a horizontal circle, gravity is acting orthogonally to the motion at all times.During motion in a vertical circle, the force of gravity (weight of the object) is in the same direction as the motion for half the time and in the opposite direction for the rest.For a body moving in a horizontal circle, gravity is acting orthogonally to the motion at all times.During motion in a vertical circle, the force of gravity (weight of the object) is in the same direction as the motion for half the time and in the opposite direction for the rest.For a body moving in a horizontal circle, gravity is acting orthogonally to the motion at all times.


CENTRIPETAL?

A force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed around the object which the body is moving


What is horizontal force?

Horizontal force in one component of the magnetic force on earth. Horizontal is a direction, and force is any external efforts that causes an object to change.


Why an object moving in a circular path at a constant speed is undergoing acceleration and has a force excert on it?

-- An object with no net force on it continues moving at constant speed in a straight line.If it's not moving in a straight line, then there must be net force acting on it.-- "Acceleration" is the word for the situation where either speed or direction of motion changes.Even if speed is constant, acceleration is present if the direction is changing.


Does the buoyant force act in all directions?

Yes, but any bit of force in any horizontal direction is always exactly cancelled by an equal-size bit of force in the opposite horizontal direction, so there's never a NET horizontal buoyant force. It's only apparent in the upward vertical direction.


What is needed to change the direction of a moving mass?

The answer is force because Force is needed to change the direction of a moving mass.


Does an object always move in the direction of the unbalanced force exerted on it by another object?

Not always, the unbalanced force only points in the direction of the acceleration so a body may be moving in the opposite direction. Example. A car moves with some speed to the right on a horizontal surface and lock the brakes, if the surface has friction, but the net force acting on it is equal to the frictional force pointing left and produces a Deceleration of carriage until stop, but while this happens continuously in motion to the right.


What is horizontal acceleration?

It is acceleration in the horizontal direction. This would happen as a result of a net horizontal force acting on a body.


If a cart is observed moving at a constant velocity along a horizontal frictionless track is there a constant net force acting on it in the direction of motion?

No force is acting on it. Constant velocity means no acceleration, which means no force, from f=ma, no 'a' no force.


How can you show that force certainly acts on a particle moving along circular path?

If no force acts on a particle, that particle will either be motionless, or will move in a straight line; this follows from Newton's laws of motion. When a particle is moving in a circular path, the direction of its motion is constantly changing, and to change the direction of motion requires force. We know that force equal mass times acceleration, which is the basis of all physics, as originally stated by Newton. So if a mass is being accelerated, then force is being applied. That is an inescapable conclusion. And only acceleration can change the direction in which a particle moves.