An object is in circular motion. How will the object behave if the centripetal force is removed?

Centripetal force continually changes the direction of an object’s velocity to keep it moving in a circle. If that force is removed, the object continues in the direction it was moving at that instant, along a straight line tangent to the circular path. Therefore, the correct choice is D, “It would move in a line tangent to the circular path.”

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