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Please help me because i do not know and im freaking out.

Centrifical force occurs when a mass is rotated in circle around a stable center. Example: It is what keeps a bicycle from falling over when it is being peddled forward. The Centrifical force of the wheels keeps the bicycle upright. It can also be used to create artificial gravity in a spcae station by rotating the space station around it's center.

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Gerry

Gramatically speaking, there is no such thing as "Centrifical" force. The word should probably be "centrifugal" although it might be "centripetal" as these are the two major inertial forces associated with rotation of masses. Try putting "centrifugal force" and "centripetal force" into a search engine to get an explaination.

If you still don't understand an explaination, post back with which one of these you are confused about.