If I am driving 70 mph with my windows up and there is a fly in the car with me, what's the fly's velocity?

Answer 1

the fly's velocity will be 70mph relative to the road and relative to you 0mph.

Answer 2

Roughly 70 mph. depends on which way the fly is moving inside the car. How fast does a fly travel, normally. Here's a thinker. How fast is the car moving down the road that is attached to the planet that is revolving around its axis and traveling in orbit around the Sun which is revolving around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy which is headed for a collision with the Andromeda Galaxy in 3 billion (or is it trillion) years?

Answer 3

Plus or minus 70 MPH (depending if the fly is headed toward the front of the car or the rear).

Answer 4

First things first, we have no idea of the flys velocity.
Speed and velocity are two different things
Speed is the simple distance per time whilst velocity incorporates not only speed but also the direction

So as for the flys speed it will have an overall speed of 70mph plus its on speed eg flying forward at 0.01mph

Answer 5

its all about relativity. relative to you fly speed is zero. relative to a person standing outside its 70 mph. for a car going past you at 80 mph, the fly is going 10 mph

Answer 6

Okay, the next time I am driving and a fly is in the car, I'm gonna slam on the brakes and watch the fly to see what it does. Do flies scream?

Answer 7

Flies can't fly that quick, so no it may under no circumstances attain the front of the motor vehicle. as quickly because it lifted off the decrease back windshield it may get slammed by technique of wind and blown away. For the different merchandise that ought to actual attain this p.c., like yet another motor vehicle, then sure with comprehend to the floor it may ought to flow swifter than the motor vehicle to overhaul it. EDIT: by technique of how, i love those type of solutions speaking about frames of reference, relativity, and sophisticated statements and calculations. attempt no longer to ignore the absurdity of a fly going swifter than the speed reduce, human beings.

Answer 8

70 mph

Answer 9

"velocity" is in reference to something. With reference to a nearby lampost, the fly's velocity is ~70mph. In reference to your car, it is 2 or 3mph. In reference to the sun, the fly is moving at over 1000mph



(Silly me, I just realized I should have asked "Is that an African or a European fly?")

Answer 10

Anything traveling inside the car is moving at its velocity. That is why if you slam on the breaks, you continue to move at the speed of the car until something stops you (seatbelt) b/c your inertia resists the change in motion.