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Use what you know about inertia to explain why you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates

Use what you know about inertia to explain why you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates
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Use what you know about inertia to explain why you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates

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Because your inertia is going at a steady speed and it wanted to stay going that speed. When the car accelerates, your body isn't used to the new speed, so you get pressed back.
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