A bowling ball is rolling down a lane at a bowling alley. How can you know that a force has acted on the bowling ball? (1 point)

by measuring the mass of the bowling ball

by determining a change in the direction of the bowling ball as it rolls down the alley

by determining the direction of the bowling ball

by timing how long the bowling ball takes to reach the end of the lane

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You can know that a force has acted on the bowling ball by determining a change in the direction of the bowling ball as it rolls down the alley. Changes in direction indicate that a force must be acting on the object, consistent with Newton's laws of motion.