If you roll a toy car towards the edge of a table and it falls off, which direction will it go and why?
If a toy car is rolled towards the edge of a table, it will fall off the table and typically move downwards towards the ground due to the force of gravity. The direction the toy car moves after falling off the table is determined by a combination of factors such as the initial velocity and angle at which it was rolling, air resistance, and the shape of the car.
Considering only gravity, which is the dominant force in this scenario, the toy car will move in a straight downward direction. This is because gravity always pulls objects towards the center of the Earth, causing them to accelerate downwards due to the gravitational force. The initial velocity and angle at which the toy car was rolled may affect the distance it travels horizontally before falling off the table, but it will ultimately move vertically downwards due to gravity.