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Two cars driving away from each other, each going 25 miles per hour. Their relative motion would be 50 miles hour.

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Can you give an example of relative motion?

A train you are on is passing a station at 50 mph, you are running (in the same direction) along the train at 5 mph (relative to the train). But are moving at (50 + 5) 55 mph relative to the station.


Example of motion of center of mass?

1)the motion of the fragments after decay of a radioactive nucleus at rest. 2)motion of indian club. 3)the motion of the fragments of a cracker after explosion in mid air. 4)diatomic molecule. 5)earth-moon system. 6)binary star system.


How is the motion of two object's relative to the other described?

That's completely true. The only thing I can measure is how fast an objectis moving past me.If you come along and ask me "But how fast was it reallymoving ?", that'sa meaningless question. There's no such thing as 'real' motion, only motioncompared to something.Notice that there's actually no such thing as "at rest", or "motionless".If I measure the speed of something and it turns out to be zero, thenthat only means that the object and I are both moving at the same speedand in the same direction.Example ? Sure. How about the book in your lap, that you were readinguntil you drifted off in your comfortable reclining seat, on a passenger jetthat I observe to be 5 miles above the ground moving at 350 miles an hour.


What are 5 types of motion?

Linear motion: Movement in a straight line. Rotational motion: Movement around an axis. Oscillatory motion: Back and forth movement around a central point. Circular motion: Movement along a circular path. Periodic motion: Repetitive motion at regular intervals.


A river current has a velocity of 5 kmh relative to the shore. A boat moves in the same direction as the current at 4 kmh relative to the river. How do you calculate the velocity of the boat relative?

The velocity of the boat relative to the shore is the vector sum of its velocity relative to the river and the velocity of the river current. In this case, it would be 4 km/h (boat's speed) + 5 km/h (current's speed), which equals 9 km/h.