What happens if you throw a ball in a moving car?

When a person throws a ball up in a moving vehicle, say, a train, the ball does come straight back to thrower as though the train were at rest. So if the train moves with a constant velocity, the ball will exactly return to the thrower.

How can you throw a ball make it stop and travel in the opposite direction?

Drag (or air resistance) This force acts in the opposite direction to the motion of the ball and slows it down.

How much space should you keep in front of you if you are traveling at 35 mph in a 40 foot vehicle?

One good rule for how much space you should keep in front of you is at least 1 second for each 10 feet of vehicle length at speeds below 40 mph. At greater speeds, you must add 1 second for safety. For example, if you are driving a 40-foot vehicle, you should leave 4 seconds between you and the vehicle ahead.

What happens when you fire a ball at the same speed out of a truck moving in the opposite direction *?

If you are driving in one direction, at one particular speed, then you fire a shot in the opposite direction at the same speed you are driving, the distance traveled by the bullet will be 0. The bullet would stay there in the air, just like an old cartoon scene, and then will fall.

What variables can affect how far a football player can kick a ball?

The range of a projectile depends on three things: its initial speed, its launch angle, and the initial height above the ground.

How far does a car travel in 1 second at 40 mph?

If you are moving at the rate of 40MPH, how many feet do you travel in a second? At 40 miles per hour, you are traveling 58.8 feet per second. To convert miles per hour to feet per second, multiply the miles per hour figure by 1.47. There are 5280 Feet in a mile and 3600 Seconds in an hour.

How many feet do you stay away from a truck in order for them to see you?

What is the distance you must stay behind an emergency vehicle? Stay at least 500 feet behind any moving emergency vehicle (fire truck, ambulance, patrol car) displaying flashing warning lights and sounding a siren.

What would you expect to happen to the cannon ball if it was fired at 50 mph in the same direction as the truck?

What would happen if the vehicle fired the ball forward? It’d move twice as fast as the car, all other things being equal. and the ball would be moving at 100mph. On a fighter plane, everything on the plane is moving with the same velocity as the plane.

What is the speed of the truck?

The average speed of trucks on selected interstate highways is between 50 and 60 miles per hour (mph). The average operating speed of trucks is typically below 55 mph in major urban areas, border crossings, and in mountainous terrain.

What type of movement is throwing a ball?

Throwing is a whole body activity that commences with drive from the large leg muscles and rotation of the hips, and progresses through segmental rotation of trunk and shoulder girdle. It continues with a “Whip-like” transfer of momentum through elbow extension and through the small muscles of the forearm and hand.

What is the motion of the Ball projected from the truck?

When projected from the truck, the ball already possessed a horizontal motion, and thus will maintain this state of horizontal motion unless acted upon by a horizontal force. An object in motion will continue in motion with the same speed and in the same direction (Newton’s first law).

What happens to the ball’s velocity when it hits the ground?

Upon collision with the ground, the velocity will have to be reduced to zero – that is, the ball will cease moving downwards. This decrease in velocity constitutes the first portion of the velocity change. If the ball bounces, then there is an additional velocity change sending the ball back upwards opposite the original direction.

What is the horizontal motion of the ball?

The horizontal motion of the ball is the result of its own inertia. When projected from the truck, the ball already possessed a horizontal motion, and thus will maintain this state of horizontal motion unless acted upon by a horizontal force. An object in motion will continue in motion with the same speed and in the same direction

How does a ball travel in a pickup truck?

In the course of its motion, a ball is projected straight upwards by a launcher located in the bed of the truck. Imagine as well that the ball does not encounter a significant amount of airresistance. What will be the path of the ball and where will it be located with respect to the pickup truck?