See the below diagram carefully. A car braked suddenly near a cliff. Describe the motion of the driver:

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The driver remain stood up to look at how near his car was to the edge of the cliff

The driver was thrown forward when the car stopped, as he still has a tendency to remain in motion

The driver tried to lean forward to balance himself.

The driver was moved in the backward direction due to the inertia of motion.

answer is B.

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The ability of a body to resist change is referred to as inertia.

When the car is moving, the driver was also moving, and he is the inertia of motion. When the driver applies to break suddenly, the lower body part of the driver comes to rest along with the car, but the upper body part of the driver continues to move at the same speed in the same direction due to the inertia of motion. Hence, The driver was thrown forward when the car stopped because he still has a tendency to stay in motion.

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