Question

a person puts their coffee cup on top of their car. they start to drive and the coffee cup rolls off the car onto the road. how does the motion? be specific and use words from the first law of motion in your answer

Explanation:

The first law of motion, also known as the law of inertia, states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. When the car starts moving, the coffee cup, which was initially at rest, wants to stay at rest due to inertia. As the car moves forward, the coffee cup rolls off in the opposite direction because there is no force holding it in place on the car's surface to make it move with the car immediately.

Answer:

The coffee cup rolls off due to inertia as described by the first law of motion. The cup was initially at rest and resists the change in its state of motion when the car starts moving.