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What is the work done by the centripetal force in circular motion ?

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In circular motion the centripetal force does not do work on the object moving on a circle as it is always perpendicular to the displacement.
`F dr cos 90^(@)[cos 90^(@) = 0]`
`therefore W = 0`
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