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When a person is sitting in a train the train is moving is the person in rest or motion?
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∙ 14y ago
Technically, the person is resting itself, but is in motion as long as the train is moving.
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There is no 'absolute' answer. All motion is relative to the 'frame' in which it's measured.
A physicist on the same train, sitting across the aisle from the person, observes the person
to be at 'rest' in the physicist's frame.
Another physicist, sitting in his car at a crossing, watching the train go by, observes the person
to be moving past him at 50 mph.
Both physicists are correct, because they're making their measurements in different 'reference frames'.
By the way . . . the physicist in his car observes the physicist in the train to be moving too.
At the same time, the physicist in the train is so at rest that he's preparing to take a nap.
Have you ever read a book while you're in a passenger jet flying along at 400 mph ?
Were you at rest or moving ? The answer is 'yes'.
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Have you ever experienced that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while you are at rest?
yes, a train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest, because of relative term as motion & rest are relative term . Actually it is depend upon observer. Example- If a boy sitting in train, when he see a man moving outside the train, it seems to him that it is in motion.
Is it possible that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while is it at rest?
Yes. For example, if you are sitting on a train that is at rest, but there is a train on the next track that is moving, it may appear that you are moving.
Is it possible that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest?
Yes. For example, if you are sitting on a train that is at rest, but there is a train on the next track that is moving, it may appear that you are moving.
What is the motion of the train on a moving track?
A train travels over a FIXED track not a MOVING track.
What are Reference points to explain that train is moving?
A person standing on the ground. For the person on the train, ground is moving and the train is stationary.
Can a body be at rest as well as in motion at the same time . explain?
Example: When train is moving a person sitting in a train is in the state of rest with respect to train but in motion with respect to person standing outside of the train.
Have you ever experienced that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while you are at rest?
yes, a train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest, because of relative term as motion & rest are relative term . Actually it is depend upon observer. Example- If a boy sitting in train, when he see a man moving outside the train, it seems to him that it is in motion.
Have you ever experienced that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest?
yes, a train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest, because of relative term as motion & rest are relative term . Actually it is depend upon observer. Example- If a boy sitting in train, when he see a man moving outside the train, it seems to him that it is in motion.
What s relative motion?
You are sitting in a moving train. It appears to you as if the trees outside are moving in the opposite direction. This is what we call relative motion. Sun seems moving from east to west daily. But it is only relative to us as we on the earth are moving from west to east.
Can a body at rest have an accleration?
acceleration is a relative quantity . state of rest or motion is also relative . if two body is in rest or moving with same velocity and having same acceleration then one is in state of rest with respect to other . suppose a person sitting in a train then he is in rest with respect to train but he is moving with the acceleration of train with respect to the ground.
Is it possible that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while is it at rest?
Yes. For example, if you are sitting on a train that is at rest, but there is a train on the next track that is moving, it may appear that you are moving.
Is it possible that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest?
Yes. For example, if you are sitting on a train that is at rest, but there is a train on the next track that is moving, it may appear that you are moving.
What is the motion of the train on a moving track?
A train travels over a FIXED track not a MOVING track.
What are Reference points to explain that train is moving?
A person standing on the ground. For the person on the train, ground is moving and the train is stationary.
What old vampire movie has a scene near the beginning where the vampire is sitting with a person on a moving train?
I think Dracula. Was in Keanu Reeves? If it was, then it was Dracula
You are seated in a train that is stopped at a station Use two different reference points to explain that the train can appear to be moving and not moving?
the person standing on the ground, the train is moving and the ground is stationary. but the person on the train looks he is stationary and the ground is moving.
Why does a train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest?
because maybe the other objects are moving
