What is the direction of the centripetal force when applied to an object?

the direction opposite to the object’s velocity

the same direction as the object’s velocity

perpendicular to an object’s motion

parallel with an object’s motion

Connie has $660,000 she wants to save. if the fdic insurance limit per depositor, per bank, is $250,000, which of these way is distributing her money between three banks will guarantee that all of her money is insured ?

You are driving directly behind a pickup truck, going at the same speed as the truck. a crate falls from the bed of the truck to the road. (a) will your car hit the crate before the crate hits the road if you neither brake nor swerve? (b) during the fall, is the horizontal speed of the crate more than, less than, or the same as that of the truck?

Aplayground merry-go-round has a radius of 4.6 m and a moment of inertia of 200 kg-m2 and turns with negligible friction about a vertical axle through its center. a child applies a 26.0 n force tangentially to the edge of the merry-go-round for 15.0 seconds. if the merry-go-round is initially at rest, how much work did the child do on the merry-go-round?