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How do tests with crash dummies, seat belts, and air bags illustrate newton’s First law of motion

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Newtons first law of motion states that an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Seat belts and air bags provide the stopping force for the crash test dummies.
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Answer:

Newton law of inertia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton first law states that if any object is in the motion or is in the state of rest then it will remain in that state till the external force is applied on that object. Inertia is the main reason of having seat belts and air bags in the car.

In this case, when seat belt trapped into the passenger than passenger experience same state of motion as car has.

When the car experience any kind of the collision then the car will stop abruptly. In this case seat belt and air bag will help in stopping the motion of passenger in the forward direction.

Therefore Newton's law of inertia is illustrated in test with seat belts, crash dummies, and air bags.

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