JEE Main Physics question
**Statement I:** A cloth covers a table. Some dishes are kept on it. The cloth can be pulled out without dislodging the dishes from the table. **Statement II:** For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. [IIT JEE 2007]
Answer: (B)
Solution
The dishes stay behind because of their own inertia of rest (a large horizontal force applied over a very short time communicates little impulse/momentum to them due to friction
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