work done by centripetal force F when a body completes one revolution around a circle of radius R
  1. 2piRF
  2. RF
  3. 2RF
  4. ZERO

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the force is always directed perpendicular to the direction that the object is being displaced. The angle Theta in the above equation is 90 degrees and the cosine of 90 degrees is 0. Thus, the work done by the centripetal force in the case of uniform circular motion is 0 Joules.
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The centripetal force is always perpendicular to the direction of motion. Only the component of the force in the direction of motion can do work. The centripetal force has no such component, so it can never do work.
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