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Title: Carol is in a railroad car on a train moving west along a straight stretch of track at a constant ... Post by: doit_the_clown on Mar 21, 2017 Carol is in a railroad car on a train moving west along a straight stretch of track at a constant speed of 120 km/h while Charles is in a railroad car on a train at rest in a siding alongside the same stretch of track. Both cars have all the blinds pulled down. As Carol's train passes Charles' train, both people drop a pencil from shoulder height to the floor. What does each person see?
(a) Both Carol and Charles see their pencils falling precisely downward in a vertical direction. (b) Charles sees his pencil fall straight down, but Carol sees her pencil move towards the back of the railroad car at 120 km/h as it falls. (c) Charles sees his pencil fall straight down, while Carol sees her pencil fall in a direction inclined at a small angle to the vertical towards the back of the train because of its motion. Title: Re: Carol is in a railroad car on a train moving west along a straight stretch of track at a ... Post by: papachulo on Mar 21, 2017 Content hidden
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