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Question

As the passenger on the rightmost window seat of an automobile, what would you experience as the vehicle makes a sharp turn to the left? Explain.

Answer 1

Centripetal acceleration is always directed to the centre of the objects circular path. As the car makes a turn, this acceleration is directed to the centre of the circle the car makes.

Since the passenger has mass, and F=ma, we can say that F=Fc so that the passenger experiences a force towards the centre of the circle keeping him on its path. If the passenger were to be released, he would travel in a tangent of the circle at the point of release due to inertia.

You may also say that the seat of the car pushes against the passenger as the passenger pushes against the seat due to the centripetal force as Fa = -Fb .

Answer 2

To make it simple, the passanger would feel as if being 'pushed' to the right, because of Newtons first law (an object at rest will remain at rest).. When the car is going straight and turns left suddenly, the passanger is still going straight, but sence the car has turned left , straight for the passanger is the right window, so therfore he is pushed to the right

Answer 3

newtons first law : an object will remain at rest or continue travelling at the same velocity unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

this means that the passenger's body will try to continue travelling in the previous direction it was travelling when the sharp left turn is made. so they would resist against the turn while it is being made.