Consider the following figure. A race track is constructed such that two curves of constant radius, 80 m at A and 40 m at B, are joined by two stretches of straight track as in the figure above.   While testing a new car, a driver travels at a constant speed of 50 m/s for one complete lap. Which one of the following options is correct for the ratio of the centripetal acceleration of the car at A to the centripetal acceleration of the car at B?

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.