College Physics:
11th Edition
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Author: SERWAY, Raymond A.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
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Chapter 4, Problem 9CQ
In the: motion picture It Happened One Night (Columbia Pictures, 1934), Clark Gable is standing inside a stationary bus in front of Claudette Colbert, who is seated. The bus suddenly starts moving forward and Clark falls into Claudette’s lap. Why did this happen?
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