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Why does a pe...

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Why does a person fall when he jumps out form a moving train?

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First Law of Motion

When a body is in motion, by virtue of inertia of motion when it comes down from train ..the body tries to continue with velocity of train...But the legs when touch the ground ..they are at rest.. so the leg stops and body moves with velocity and direction of train..Hence a person falls.

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