wut if u throw a football in a really fast bus?

Question

Would it just go straight at the normal speed, or would it go backwards Bcuz of the bus's speed? would it only go backwards if u throw it slower than the speed of the bus? plz answer, cuz it's been bugging me the whole week.

thnx 4 those answers. it's also been bugging me 2 know if the same thing happens if the windows R open.

Answer 1

I would go normal.

Answer 2

It will appear to fly normally as if you were throwing the football to a friend outside. If the bus is traveling at 60 mph and you throw the football at 15 mph the speed of the football is 75mph. But since you and all the people in the bus are already traveling at 60 mph it will seem "normal", meaning, it will seem like a regular throw.

Did you know that even all the air in the bus is also traveling at 60 mph, that's why you don't feel any wind! A bug crawling on the floor is also traveling 60 mph plus its crawling speed.

If you tossed the bull straight up it will come straight down because without forward thrust, you and the ball both travel at 60 mph - so the ball comes straight down even though you and the ball have both gone forward a few feet.

Answer 3

Let's say bus has a speed of V. That means you and the ball also has the speed V. If you throw the ball forward with a speed of V,its speed will be V+V=2V according to relative speed rule.That means if there was no air friction and gravity, the bus could never catch the ball. But because of the air friction,it will probably go backwards.It has nothing to do with the speed of the bus.Because if bus is going with 60 kms/ph ball is also 60 kms/ph,if it is 160 the ball also will be 160.

Answer 4

It would go at normal speed.
When you're in the fast-moving bus with the ball, you and the ball move at the same speed as the bus, relative to the earth.

So when you throw it in the bus,
The throwing speed of the ball is added to the initial speed of the ball (which is the bus's speed).

This means that someone sitting in the bus will see it fly at normal speed, but someone watching from outside will see it fly twice as fast because it sees the bus go by, and the ball thrown forward in the bus.

Answer 5

It's about relative speed. Although you are on the bus that is moving, you are not really moving in relation to the bus. So if you throw the football, it would move just like if you were standing on solid ground. The only difference would be air resistance, like if the windows were open or you were in an open air bus.

Answer 6

The football is already traveling at the same speed as the bus. When you throw it, you are adding speed to it. It would go at the normal speed inside the bus.

Answer 7

Because it is in the bus with you, it is already traveling at the speed of the bus. Relative to the speed of the bus, the ball will go faster (if you don't figure in wind resistance). Gravity will immediately take hold, and the ball will begin to drop just like normal. From your vantage point on the bus, it flies like normal. From the vantage of someone outside of the bus, it will travel faster than normal.

Answer 8

I'm not sure but didn't anyone teach you not to throw balls indoors?! I don't think the speed of the bus would effect the speed of the ball as the wind from outside isn't blowing into the bus to effect the speed/distance.

Answer 9

It depend the speed of bus and footballl,if the are head on the footbal ,if it don't burst it will go back on double speed,if the speed of bus and football is 40miles.when the will hit each other speed becames 80miles,so it will came back on speed of 80 miles per hour.

Answer 10

You and the ball are already traveling at the same speed as the bus. Therefore, the ball will travel in a forward direction.

Answer 11

It goes the same speed, because the football, and you, are all travelling on the same bus, going the same speed as the bus to begin with.

This is like.. a really slow version of Einstein's theory of (short bus) special relativity.. -_-