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Which would be another example of Newton's First Law?

a. A car accelerating at 15m/s² and the road pushing back on the wheels
b. A car driving then when the brakes are slammed you still continue to move forward
c. A balloon flying forward and the air push out of the balloon
d. A hammer hitting a nail and the nail pushing back on the hammer

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Final answer:

An example of Newton's First Law is a passenger continuing to move forward when a car suddenly stops, as they tend to maintain their state of motion due to inertia.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks for another example of Newton's First Law, which states that an object will continue to be in a state of rest or move at a constant speed in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by an external force. The correct answer to the question is option b. A car driving then when the brakes are slammed you still continue to move forward. This exemplifies Newton's First Law because when the car stops abruptly due to the brakes, the passengers inside the car tend to continue moving forward due to their inertia, until a force such as the seatbelt or dashboard acts upon them.

It is important to distinguish this from Newton's Third Law, which covers action-reaction pairs, such as a car's wheels pushing back on the road and the road pushing forward on the wheels.

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