no not at all I mean to say that if you get f as negative then it is centripetal that follows the vector law if you know it . and if positive then it is outward as same as when we say that if a is negative in case of freely falling body then the body is going upwards and if it is positive we say that the motion of the body is downwards in the direction of the gravitational force. understood.
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