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When you ride a roller coaster that makes sharp turns ,you feel yourself being pushed to one side . Use Newton’s first law of motion to explain this phenomenon

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Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's first law says that an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest, until acted upon by an unbalanced force.

When a roller coaster makes a sharp turn, your body continues going straight until the seat belt pushes you and changes your direction. If the roller coaster didn't have seat belts, you'd slide off and continue moving straight.

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