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If you are in a car that rounds a curve, and you are not
Chapter 28, Problem 25RCQ(choose chapter or problem)
If you are not wearing a seat belt in a car that rounds a curve, and you slide across your seat and slam against a car door, what kind of force is responsible for your slide: centripetal, centrifugal, or no force? Why is the correct answer “no force”?
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QUESTION:
If you are not wearing a seat belt in a car that rounds a curve, and you slide across your seat and slam against a car door, what kind of force is responsible for your slide: centripetal, centrifugal, or no force? Why is the correct answer “no force”?
ANSWER:Step1 of 2
Newton's First Law states that "Every object continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless compelled to change that state by external forces acting upon it." When the car curves and you slam into the door it is because no force has been applied to you to bend you onto the curved path.