Physics
Explain the following:
After alighting from a moving bus, one has to run for some distance in the direction of bus in order to avoid falling.
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One needs to run for some distance in the direction of the bus after alighting from it because inside the bus, his whole body was in a state of motion with the bus. On jumping out of the moving bus, as soon as his feet touch the ground, the lower part still remains in motion due to inertia of motion. As a result he falls in the direction of motion of the bus.
Hence in order to avoid falling, as soon as the passenger's feet touch the ground he should start running on the ground in the direction of motion of the bus for some distance.
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