A car is driving around a curve that can be approximated as being circular. In which direction does the centripetal force point? towards the center of the circle in the direction of motion away from the center of the circle tangential to the circle perpendicular to the plane of the circle The centripetal force (FC) of an object can be calculated using the equation FC=mv2/r where m is the object's mass, v is the object's velocity, and r is the radius of the circle. If the radius of the circle changes by a factor of 0.5, the force changes by a factor of 0.8 3 0.3 0.5 2 1 If the velocity changes by a factor of 4, the force changes by a factor of 5 4 6 1 16 12