a ball moving on a horizontal surface stops after sometime without applying any force.why

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Due to the force of friction acting between the ball and the horizontal surface on which, the ball is moving.
Force of friction is the force that develops at the surfaces of contact of two bodies and impedes (opposes) their relative motion.

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