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A side-view schematic of a passenger car with a large interior cabin. A balloon is tethered to the floor of the cabin by a vertical string. Outside the car, a vector arrow labeled 'a' points to the right, indicating forward acceleration. The balloon is shown in its initial vertical state before the car begins to move.
A helium balloon tethered inside a car accelerating at rate a.
A helium-filled balloon is attached to the floor of a car by a light string. The car is initially at rest and then begins to accelerate forward with a constant acceleration \(a\). An observer standing on the sidewalk and an observer sitting in the car both note the behavior of the balloon. Which of the following correctly describes the direction the balloon tilts relative to the car and provides a correct physical justification?

Consider the density of the air inside the car to be \(\rho_{air}\) and the density of the helium to be \(\rho_{He}\), where \(\rho_{air} > ho_{He}\).

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