When a bus suddenly starts, the standing passengers fall backwards in the bus. This can be explained by

Newton's first law

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Newton's second law

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Newton's third law

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None of Newton's law

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Newton's first law

This can be explained by Newton's first law of motion

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A)When a bus takes a U-turn,passengers sitting inside are thrown a side.

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We are standing in a bus and the bus begins to move suddenly. Now we tend to fall backwards. This is explained by which of Newton’s law of motion.

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