A pail of water can be whirled in a vertical circular path suchthat no water is spilled. Why does the water remain in the pail,even when the pail is upside down above your head?

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A: Given: A pail of water can be whirled in a vertical circular path such that no water is spilled.

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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.