If I'm traveling in a train at the speed of 800 km/hr (well its a very fast train) .. What happens when I take out my gun, point it to the exact opposite direction where the train is headed, and fire BANG!
If the speed of bullet is 700 km/hr (well its a fairly slow bullet)
What happens??
in prospective of a observer standing still watching as the train pass while i shoot
Will the bullet have no velocity towards the direction i shoot? and the observer will see the bullet going away from train at 700km/hr and also at the same time 100km/ hr along the track to the direction the train instead?
(since it was already traveling faster on the opposite direction)
Or
Will the bullet act the same like when we shoot from a steady platform?
Answer with reasons please.
Thanks
If the speed of bullet is 700 km/hr (well its a fairly slow bullet)
What happens??
in prospective of a observer standing still watching as the train pass while i shoot
Will the bullet have no velocity towards the direction i shoot? and the observer will see the bullet going away from train at 700km/hr and also at the same time 100km/ hr along the track to the direction the train instead?
(since it was already traveling faster on the opposite direction)
Or
Will the bullet act the same like when we shoot from a steady platform?
Answer with reasons please.
Thanks
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Velocity is always relative, not absolute.
so your bullet will travel at 700 km/h relative to the train, since you are on the train. That means relative to a stationary observer, it will move forward in the direction of the train at 100 km/h.
To you, it will appear to move back at 700 km/h
so your bullet will travel at 700 km/h relative to the train, since you are on the train. That means relative to a stationary observer, it will move forward in the direction of the train at 100 km/h.
To you, it will appear to move back at 700 km/h