Question

Jose gets up from his seat on the bus to move closer to the front. Just as he begins to walk forward, the bus stops at a light.

What is the best explanation of what happens to Jose?

Responses

While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but as the bus stops, it exerts a force on Jose opposite to the direction he is walking, causing him to stop as well.

While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but as the bus stops, it exerts a force on Jose opposite to the direction he is walking, causing him to stop as well.

While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but when the bus stops, an unbalanced force accelerates his body backward.

While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but when the bus stops, an unbalanced force accelerates his body backward.

While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but when the bus stops, he continues to move forward due to inertia.

While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but when the bus stops, he continues to move forward due to inertia.

While Jose is walking, he is in motion due to the force of repulsion. When the bus stops, he is catapulted forward due to the bus's stronger force of attraction.

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The best explanation of what happens to Jose is:

**While Jose is walking, his body is in motion, but when the bus stops, he continues to move forward due to inertia.**

This explanation correctly identifies that Jose's forward motion is a result of inertia, which is the tendency of an object to continue in its state of motion unless acted upon by an external force. When the bus stops abruptly, his body does not stop immediately but continues moving forward due to this inertia.

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