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A child standing on a bus remains still when the bus is at rest. When the bus moves forward and then slows down, the child continues moving forward at the original speed. This is an example of

A. Newton's Third Law of Motion.
B. Newton's First Law of Motion.
C. an action-reaction pair.
D. Newton's Second Law of Motion

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Newtons First Law of Motion. I just took the Test.
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B. Newton's First Law, I'm pretty sure. The first states that an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest until an outside force is applied, and that seems pretty relevant.
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