Centrifugal force misconception: The incorrect idea that objects in circular motion experience an outward force. In an inertial frame, there is no outward centrifugal force.
How to apply it: Explain that objects in circular motion tend to move in a straight line (inertia), not that they are pushed outward.
Course: AP Physics 1 · Unit: Circular Motion and Gravitation
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