SOLUTION: If you were traveling on a train going 70 mph and decided to run from front to the rear of the train at a speed of 8 mph how fast would you be going when you reach the caboose
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Question 898819: If you were traveling on a train going 70 mph and decided to run from front to the rear of the train at a speed of 8 mph how fast would you be going when you reach the caboose
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you were traveling on a train going 70 mph and decided to run from front to the rear of the train at a speed of 8 mph how fast would you be going when you reach the caboose
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You should specify wrt what. (with respect to)
wrt to the train, you're moving at 8 mi/hr
wrt to the Earth, you're moving at 62 mi/hr
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When you reach the caboose, I would think you'd stop running and be moving at the same speed as the train.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
70mph - 8mph = 62 mph while you are running
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(Or back to 70 mph when you stop running)
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