2006-09-21 16:43:37 · 21 answers · asked by gerardo V 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
>At rest in relation to what?<
2006-09-21 16:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by Druid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed is relative. The speed of an object at rest with relation to the ground is zero.
2006-09-21 23:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by Amith N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At rest,the speed of all objects is 0 since there is no movement at all.
2006-09-22 00:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by Zeta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed is a scalar quantity which refers to "how fast an object is moving." A fast-moving object has a high speed while a slow-moving object has a low speed. An object with no movement at all has a zero speed.
2006-09-22 03:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 that's because
NewtonÃs 1st Law: Every object remains at rest or continues with uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by a force.
Newton extended Galileo's principle by recognizing that rest is also a kind of uniform motion , since the speed of an object at rest is a constant ( 0 m/s)
2006-09-21 23:53:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed is a relative term. So for example a table in your home may be seems to be at Rest to you but for a person sitting on Moon it will be moving at the same speed as of the Earth.
So their is no Absolute Rest or Motion in this Universe.
2006-09-21 23:47:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we talk about speed in simple reasoning... "speed has something to do with relativity or relative point or relative to." It means, that you can only determine an object is moving or not if you or other things are being referred to as the relative point.
For example, you are seated at the back seat of a moving car. Relative to the car (being refered to as relative to), you are not moving. Try to look at the car floor for minutes. Without looking outside, you would think that you are on the same position for minutes. However, when you look outside the window, it is very clear that you are moving. In other words, relative to the the trees or houses or people outside or the initial position, you are moving. It is therefore safe to say that your speed is not 0 m/s relative to the whatever objects or creatures or the initial position outside. Morever, it is safe to say that your speed is 0 m/s relative to the car.
Another example is that when you look at a car, parking on the street, you (refered to as relative to) would definitely say that the car is not moving. But when you are in the sun (as our relative point), you would notice that the car (same car mentioned earlier) is moving.
2006-09-22 00:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by ajlovesme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An object at rest is only at rest on that single plane.
An object at rest on say your kitchen table is actually moving as fast as the earth spins and rotates the sun. Also as fast as the sun is spinning in this galaxy, and as fast as the galaxy is moving.
Relative
2006-09-21 23:51:49 · answer #8 · answered by devinthedragon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
0 m/s
2006-09-21 23:49:04 · answer #9 · answered by yellowskinnedguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 m/s
2006-09-21 23:44:28 · answer #10 · answered by treseuropean 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at rest the speed will be zero.
2006-09-25 19:02:09 · answer #11 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋