gneill said:If you ask a question here in the homework section you''re obligated to make an attempt at a solution before any help can be offered. So take a shot at it and see what you can come up with.
That's a reasonable answer.Balsam said:I think that the unbalanced force acts on the car- maybe it's a type of force that I haven't learned about. I'm not sure what that force is called. But, the force acts on the car and the car is able to change its velocity, but the person in the car resists it and their body ends up in the position it would've been in had they kept moving at the same constant velocity as before. That's my guess.
Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion. This means that an object will continue to stay at rest or in motion unless acted upon by an external force.
Inertia is caused by mass. The more mass an object has, the greater its inertia and the more difficult it is to change its state of motion.
An unbalanced force is a force that causes a change in an object's state of motion. It can be a single force acting in one direction, or multiple forces acting in different directions.
An unbalanced force will cause an object to accelerate in the direction of the force. This means that the object will either speed up, slow down, or change direction depending on the direction and magnitude of the force.
Inertia and unbalanced forces are closely related. Inertia causes an object to resist changes in its state of motion, while an unbalanced force causes the object to change its state of motion. This means that the greater an object's inertia, the more force is needed to change its motion.