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What is a central force? Please explain in a vivid manner.

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16 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer16 Years ago

Force,acting on an object such that its magnitude depends only on distance of the object from a fixed point and whose line of action always passes throgh the fixed point(centre),is called central force.Gravitational force,electrostatic force,centripetal force etc. are the examples of central force.