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If you pull a tablecloth very fast from underneath a table setting, given minimal friction, the dishes will not move from their original position. Describe this trick in terms of Newton's first law.
When you quickly pull a tablecloth from a set table, the items will remain in place on the table due to Newton’s first law regarding inertia and the tendency for objects that are at rest to remain at rest. When the cloth is pulled perpendicular to the force of gravity, and if the coefficient of friction is minimal, it should slide out from underneath the objects on the table, as long as it does not exert a force greater than the inertia keeping the objects at rest.
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While driving your car, you make a sharp turn. Explain what happens to you in terms of Newton's laws of motion. What happens to the dingle balls hanging from the rearview mirror? Is a turning motion an example of Newton's first law?
When you make a sharp turn while driving, all of the objects present in the car will want to continue traveling in the initial direction of motion until an external force is applied to change the direction. This can been seen in the car by all of the objects swaying in that direction. For the example of dingle balls in the car, they will be moving around in the car with any directional changes it makes. Turning relates to Newton’s first law in the aspect that as you turn, your body’s motion in the car will continue forward until you are either restrained by the seat belt or you are pushed up against the side of the

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