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Answer: A person sitting in an enclosed train car, moving
Chapter 28, Problem 15Q(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 15Q
Problem
A person sitting in an enclosed train car, moving at constant velocity, throws a ball straight up into the air in her reference frame, (a) Where does the ball land? What is your answer if the car (b) accelerates, (c) decelerates, (d) rounds a curve, (e) moves with constant velocity but is open to the air?
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QUESTION:
Problem 15Q
Problem
A person sitting in an enclosed train car, moving at constant velocity, throws a ball straight up into the air in her reference frame, (a) Where does the ball land? What is your answer if the car (b) accelerates, (c) decelerates, (d) rounds a curve, (e) moves with constant velocity but is open to the air?
ANSWER:
Problem 15Q
Step-by-step solution
Step 1 of 5
(A) Within the car system, the ball has the same inertia as the car. Therefore, the ball lands at the same point from where it was thrown inside the train in the hands of the thrower.