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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Reid
Originally Posted by indycos
here's a gravity one

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if youre standing in a bus at the front next to the driver

> and the bus is travelling at 40mph

> you then take a jump (directly upwards)

do you? :

a: land in the same place you jumped from

b: end up somewhere further towards the middle/rear of the bus because it was moving?

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sense or confusion i do not know as i have never tried it and am not a physicist
rest assured someone will know the answer, or will go and try it out to find out the answer



p.s. i know that you should stay seated whilst the bus is in motion, but in this case there will be an exception for scientific reason
you'll land back where you were because your moving at the same speed as the bus (40mph) unless of course the bus rapidly accelerates/decelerates while you're in the air then you'll land in a place further back/forward respectively.

whether the bus is moving or not the floor your standing on isnt. just like a pavement so it would be the same
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