Without inertia, how would an object that is experiencing a centripetal force behave?
It would move in a line away from the circle’s center.
It would move in a line toward the circle’s center.
It would move in a curved, circular path.
It would move in a line tangent to the circular path.
The correct option is this: IT WOULD MOVE IN A CURVED CIRCULAR PATH. Objects that are travelling in circular paths change directions all the time as they move round the circle, but they are prevented from moving off in a straight line by centripetal force. The centripetal force keeps pulling the objects towards the center of the circle.
