If I were to toss an object in the air inside of my car (or any other moving vehicle) while driving, how does the object not fly backwards, because myself and the vehicle are in motion and moving forward?
What is keeping the object suspended in midair, instead of it flying around because the car is moving?
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That’s because everything inside the vehicle including the air is traveling at the speef of the vehicle. When the object is thrown up it makes no difference to it’s relative speed as it moves from traveling at x when held by you to traveling at x in the air and right back at you.
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The surrounding air. The air inside isn’t moving at the same speed as outside air so why should the ball? Gravity isn’t something that can be picked up and moved around, it’s a constant, it’s wind speed (friction) that is causing anything other than a downward direction.
Objects in motion remain in constant motion, unless acted on by an external force. An object tossed in a car keeps moving forward at the same speed as the car before, during, and after the toss because nothing forces it to stop. It’s the same principle that allows you to walk around on a plane that’s moving at hundreds of km/hr or a planet that’s orbiting a star at 30 km/sec.
Thank you all!!! These explanations make perfect sense to me 🙂 I appreciate the responses!
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