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Consider a ball at rest in the middle of a toy wagon. When the wagon is pulled forward, the ball:

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Rolls forward
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Stays stationary
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C
Rolls sidewards
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Rolls backwards
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Solution

The correct option is D Rolls backwards
The relative motion between ball and toy wagon is zero before being pulled. As the wagon is pulled, the inertia of ball causes ball to maintain its state of rest, so the ball rolls backwards when wagon is moved in forward direction.

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