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Consider the following three everyday observations. a. (a) When a dusty carpet is beaten with a stick, dust particles fly off the carpet. b. (b) A rider on a bicycle tends to fall forward when the bicycle stops suddenly. c. (c) A coin kept on a stiff card placed over the mouth of a glass tumbler drops into the glass when the card is flicked horizontally. d. Answer the following for each observation: e. (i) Identify whether it illustrates inertia of rest or inertia of motion. f. (ii) Explain the observation on the basis of Newton’s first law of motion.

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