I was once travelling in a Train when I noticed a Butterfly hopping on one of the seats and then flying inside the train. When doing so, does the speed of the train got to do anything with the speed of the insect?
2007-03-04 01:29:27 · 4 answers · asked by rbala1952 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
When the insect is flying towards the front of the train its velocity within the compartment is add to the velocity of the train and vice versa. The insect will not even be aware of the speed of the train as long as that remains constant. When you drive a car at say 55 MPH you are unaware that you are revolving around the axis of the earth and that the earth is revolving around the sun and the sun is speeding along its path in the milky way like a spec on a spoke. If motion is constant you are aware only of the nearest reference (the compartment or the road).
2007-03-04 07:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the air inside the train is moving with the same velocity of train the insect will not have any problem. If there is a velocity change it will hit on the wall.
2007-03-04 01:37:32 · answer #2 · answered by sunlight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. The butterfly is moving at the same speed as the train, and so it's as if it's standing still.
If a person jumps while on a train, you don't go flying back towards the back of it -- it's the same principle.
2007-03-04 02:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by substance_of_desire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air interior a shifting merchandise is shifting on an analogous velocity because of fact the article. hence is an insect tried to fly in this air area, it would be in simple terms like attempting to fly on an analogous time as out in a meadow.
2016-10-17 05:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋