A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is [NEET 2023]

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Correct answer: B. (b) Friction force always works against the motion of the football player. Here, football player is moving in the southward, so friction will act in northward. From the Newton's law of motion, force is in the direction of change in momentum. Since, the football player is just trying to move in the east direction in which no initial momentum was present, so force will be in north-east direction.

$A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is [NEET 2023]$

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