If a jogger runs at the speed of sound, can he still hear his Walkman?
2006-08-01 13:00:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Olympics
Please note these headphones are ones that do not fall off.
2006-08-01 13:07:23 · update #1
uhhhhh i dont think sooo he will probably be in another dimension
2006-08-01 13:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by cooper l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Think about it, if you run at the speed of sound , sound
waves are steal able to reach your ears, but if you are running faster than the speed of sound you will traveling faster than the sound waves and it would not reach your ears and you will not hear any thing at all until you slowdown enough for sound waves to catch up to you. O, and one more thing, when you travel past the speed of sound "linearly" you crate a sonic boom. http://science.howstuffworks.com/question73.htm
O i just thought a bout it if the sound is contain (with good coupling between the headphone and ears), and is moving in relative motion with the jogger than yes he still will hear his Walkman.
2006-08-01 13:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by WEAJR. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The man wearing a walkman is actually running the speed of light, which is faster than the speed of sound , so the sounds from his walkman would be travelling the speed of sound (their speed) over and above the speed over the lightspeed he himself was travelling, so he would actually be listening to Disco music from a mid-70s broadcast, since the sound travelling faster than the speed of light would be going backwards in time, and he would suddenly flashback to a mental image of John Travolta gyrating his hips, faint in the middle of a busy intersection being repaved, get run over by the asphalt truck and die faster than the speed of light and sound together.
2006-08-01 15:03:02 · answer #3 · answered by Just Ask 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If a jogger runs at the speed of sound, his walkman would have blown away, and he would have reached extremely high G-forces and would be ripped apart.
So no, he couldnt
2006-08-01 13:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Spelunking Spork 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes because the sound waves from the ear pieces are slanted slightly towards the opposite direction he is runnind. so he is in fact runnind TOWARDS them.
Which brings a new question...Would he then hear the music before it actually left the walkman?
2006-08-03 06:05:30 · answer #5 · answered by nooodle_ninja 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If he still has a Walkman maybe he can run fast enough to catch up to 2006
2006-08-01 13:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If s(he) had miniature earphones in their inner ear then the headphones wont blow off. So thats problems solved, but s(he) should still be able to hear music.
2006-08-01 13:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by Valdar V 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no longer using Y!A ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!! Are you fairly that stupid or are you trolling. A airplane is going swifter than the cost of sound and you'd be able to nonetheless pay attention your iPod. A airplane is going swifter than the cost of sound! considering whilst DO PASSENGER PLANES pass swifter THEN the cost OF SOUND!!!
2016-11-03 11:57:42 · answer #8 · answered by ai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah he would. if he's going AT the speed of sound, he would be keeping up with it... any faster, and still..the sound is directed in his ear....it only has to go like an inch or so.......
2006-08-07 18:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by Instant. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you would only need to know this if you did run the speed of sound...right?
2006-08-02 08:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by guitarchic93 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Coz it is going the same speed!
2006-08-01 13:08:39 · answer #11 · answered by emmabell22 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋