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A bus is moving with constant velocity. Suddenly the bus stops. Passengers will tend to move.BackwardForwardUnaffectedRise upward

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A bus is moving with constant velocity. Suddenly the bus stops. Passengers will tend to move.BackwardForwardUnaffectedRise upward

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Passengers will tend to move Forward.

This is due to Newton's first law of motion, also known as the law of inertia. This law states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion, and an object at rest tends to stay at rest, unless acted upon by an external force.

When the bus is moving, the passengers are also moving at the same speed as the bus. When the bus suddenly stops, the passengers' bodies want to keep moving forward due to inertia. This is why passengers tend to lurch forward when a vehicle suddenly stops.

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