Question

When jane drives to work, she always places her purse on the passenger’s seat. by the time she gets to work, her purse has fallen on the floor in front of the passenger seat. one day, she asks you to explain why this happens in terms of physics. what do you say?

Answer 1

The phenomenon presented above can be explained by the concept of "inertia" from Newton's first law motion. The principle states that "the object at rest stays at rest and the object in motion will stay in motion, unless a force acts in them."