Earlier today, on my morning commute, I realized something so amazing. I was on the Q46 bus headed to the train station. I realized how Newton's first law of motion was intertwined with my bus ride. The bus started to accelerate at a fair speed and I decided to just simply jump straight up since there was lots of space. It was a little physics experiment I conducted while on my interesting commute. As I jumped, it happened to be that the acceleration force of the bus pushed me a little back. Here is where Newton's first law kicks in to play. Newton's first law of motion clearly 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. This law directly relates to the situation I was in earlier today. Despite having people think I was crazy, I remained poised and calm throughout the whole bus ride. You know it's really something when you can relate theory to practice!
Nathaniel Arabov
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