Passengers standing in a bus are thrown outward when the bus takes a sudden turn. This happens because of
The correct answer is (c) directional inertia.
When the bus suddenly turns, passengers tend to continue moving in their original direction due to inertia. This resistance to a change in direction is called directional inertia, which causes them to be thrown outward relative to the bus.
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(c) directional inertia. The standing passenger experiences an outward pull in a direction opposite to that of turn due to his directional inertia.
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