Question

When Jane drives to work, she always places her purse on the passenger’s seat. By the time she gets to work, her purse has fallen on the floor in front of the passenger seat. One day, she asks you to explain why this happens in terms of physics. What do you say?

Answer 1

Answer:

the vibrations push the purse up and down very fast and gravity pushes the purse down onto the floor

Explanation: does that help

Answer 2

Answer:

Newton's 1st Law

Explanation:

When Jane is driving her purse is being pushed against the seat so when she stops driving it slides forward because of it's mass. So that is why it ends up on the floor.