Centrifugal Force?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on September 12, 2007 - 12:47.

There is no "Centrifugal Force" with respect to a motorcycle cornering on a racetrack. It is an apparent (i.e fictitious) force. This apparent "force" is not a force at all. Why would an education publication print something like this at all? It is simply perpetuating a science misconception that physics teachers everywhere are trying to undo!

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