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A ball is left in the bed of a truck will do what when a truck takes off in motion. What happens when the truck stops and why?​
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A ball is left in the bed of a truck will do what when a truck takes off in motion. What happens when the truck stops and why?​

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The call has inertia which means it will try to stay where it was when the truck started moving. This will make it look as if it is going towards the back of the truck.
When the truck stops the ball will try to keep moving and end up moving towards the front of the truck.
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