An object is in circular motion. How will the object behave if the centripetal force is removed?

Centripetal force continually changes the direction of an object’s velocity, keeping it on a circular path. If that force is removed, the object continues in the direction it was moving at that instant, which is tangent to the circle. Therefore, it moves in a straight line tangent to the circular path.

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