Eli5: why when I’m standing on a moving train and I jump, the train doesn’t move around me?
In: Physics
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. You’ve moving in the train, you jump up. Absent any force on you while you are in the air, your velocity will remain the same and you’ll land on the same spot. Now try this on the top of the train with the wind pushing against you, and you will quickly decelerate while the train moves forward under you.
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