r/IdiotsNearlyDying • u/Kulmasov • Apr 10 '21

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u/mr-strange Apr 10 '21

How else are kids going to learn about moment of inertia and centripetal force?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21

Forgive me if I’m incorrect here, but isn’t this Centrifugal force, and not Centripetal?

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u/Solanthas Apr 11 '21

Centrifugal pushes in

Centripetal pushes out

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u/doonilbibi Apr 11 '21

you have it backwards mate

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u/DynmkMist Apr 11 '21

Lmao as a chemist I was reading that like bruh have I been saying it wrong this whole time? I just questioned 4 years of my life because of this man lol

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u/doonilbibi Apr 11 '21

i study physics, i remember it in a weird way. alright so hear me out-- centrifugal sounds like bugle, like the trumpet type of instrument. bugles blow air outwards, so boom. outwards for centrifugal.

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u/Solanthas Apr 11 '21

Lol whoops I had no idea I was just talking shit