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Q. When a bus suddenly takes a turn, the passengers are thrown outwards because of:

Bihar CECEBihar CECE 2002Laws of Motion

Solution:

Inertia is defined as the resistance of an object to a change in velocity. There are two types of inertia; inertia of motion and inertia of rest. Till time bus is moving with uniform velocity, but when it takes a sudden turn the velocity changes, but body of passengers is still under influence of previous velocity, hence due to inertia of motion body offers resistance to this sudden change of velocity hence, passengers are thrown outwards.