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Physics — Free-body: object on a turntable

Friction provides the centripetal force on a rotating platform.

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Object on a rotating platformPlatformobjectmgNfriction (centripetal)

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title "Object on a rotating platform"
surface "Platform"
body O at 360,260 size 120,90 label "object"
force W on O vector 0,140 color red label "mg"
force N on O vector 0,-140 color blue label "N"
force fc on O vector -150,0 color green label "friction (centripetal)"