You are seated in a bus and notice that a hand strap that is hanging from the ceiling hangs away from the vertical in the backward direction.From this observation, you can conclude thatGroup of answer choicesYou cannot conclude anything about the direction of the velocity of the bus.the velocity of the bus is forward.the velocity of the bus is backward.none of these
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You are seated in a bus and notice that a hand strap that is hanging from the ceiling hangs away from the vertical in the backward direction.From this observation, you can conclude thatGroup of answer choicesYou cannot conclude anything about the direction of the velocity of the bus.the velocity of the bus is forward.the velocity of the bus is backward.none of these
Solution
The velocity of the bus is forward. This is because the hand strap is hanging backward due to the forward motion of the bus. When the bus moves forward, inertia causes the hand strap to swing backward. This is a demonstration of Newton's first law of motion, which states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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