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Plane Curvilinear Motion - Relative Motion - Conceptual Example 3.6-1

 

Consider a train moving along a track. The speed of the train is given in the figures. A person is walking inside the train in the direction shown with the speed shown relative to the train. A stationary observer watches the walking person. In which situation does the person walking inside the train appear to the stationary observer to be moving the fastest? In which situation does the walker appear to be slowest?

 

Click on the situation that the person walking inside the train appears to the stationary observer to be moving the fastest.