If a car stops suddenly, you feel "thrown forward." We'd liketo understand what happens
Chapter 4, Problem 64(choose chapter or problem)
If a car stops suddenly, you feel "thrown forward." We'd liketo understand what happens to the passengers as a car stops.Imagine yourself sitting on a very slippery bench inside a car.This bench has no friction, no seat back, and there's nothing foryou to hold on to.a. Draw a picture and identify all of the forces acting on you asthe car travels in a straight line at a perfectly steady speed onlevel ground.b. Draw your free-body diagram. Is there a net force on you? Ifso, in which direction?c. Repeat parts a and b with the car slowing down.d. Describe what happens to you as the car slows down.e. Use Newton's laws to explain why you seem to be "thrownforward" as the car stops. Is there really a force pushing youfo1ward?
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