Question

An orange might roll off your cafeteria tray when you stop suddenly because of

a. the balanced forces acting on the orange.
b. the centripetal force acting on the orange.
c. the friction forces acting on the orange.
d. the orange s inertia.

Answer 1

The oranges inertia, as stated in one of newtons laws, an object will remain in a constant state of motion if there are no external unbalanced forces acting upon that object.

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is Option d.

Step-by-step explanation:

This phenomena is explained with the help of Newton's First Law. This law states that an object remains at rest until and unless an external force is applied on it and it remains in motion until and unless and external force is applied on it.

In the question, when a person suddenly stops when he was in motion, the orange was also in motion. But when the man suddenly stops, the orange continues to remain in the inertia of motion and it rolls off in the cafeteria.

Hence, the correct answer is option d.