Gujarati
4-1.Newton's Laws of Motion
easy

A rider on horse back falls when horse starts running all of a sudden because

A

Rider is taken back

B

Rider is suddenly afraid of falling

C

Inertia of rest keeps the upper part of body at rest whereas lower part of the body moves forward with the horse

D

None of the above

Solution

(c) Visualize the horse and man as part of the same system with the man as the upper part and horse as the lower part. When the horse moves, lower part starts to move but due to inertia the upper part wants to remain at rest.

Standard 11
Physics

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