Refer to the diagram of Racetrack X. This special racetrack is all curve and no straightaway. If a driver takes her car around this track counterclockwise and at constant speed, then greater acceleration will occur at any place the turning radius is

A. larger.
B. inward.
C. outward.
D. smaller.


Answer: D

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