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When a tree is shaken, its fruits and leaves fall down. Why?

When a branch of a tree is vigorously shaken the fruits and seeds in It fall down due to inertia of rest. The tree was at rest (at first), when the tree is shaken the branches of the tree gains motion but the fruits and leaves tends to be in rest due to inertia of rest and hence they fall down.


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