Place a waterfilled tumbler on a tray. Hold the tray and turn around as fast as you can. We observe that the water spills. Why?

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Solution

When the tray is turned around fast, water in the tumbler that was at rest tends to remain at rest. Therefore, water spills. It is due to the inertia of rest.

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