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Please Help! When drawing free-body diagrams, does the label "centripetal force" get used? Explain why.

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Explanation:

No.  Centripetal force is a not a force itself, but rather a sum of forces.  From Newton's second law:

∑F = ma

∑F = m v²/r

So centripetal force does not get used on a free body diagram.