If a fly is in a car, does it have to fly foward if its not landed on something?
2007-06-02 15:24:36 · 8 answers · asked by hi 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No. He is traveling along with the air in the car, which is moving at the same speed as the car.
Kind of like we are traveling along with the earth's atmosphere - at approximately 25,000 mph. Obviously, if we jump straight up, we don't come down in a different place.
2007-06-02 15:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the question is about a fly in a car which initially(when the car started accelerating) had to fly forward and then it would keep up with the constant speed you are driving at so you feel it is not flying forward to keep up.Actually the fly would still be flying in your car with a constant speed.
(Imagine you are flying beside your car in a microlight, you still have to fly forward in order to keep up with your car which is moving at a constant speed. Then suppose your car was big enough for you to fly your microlight inside, then unless you land your ride inside the car you still have to fly forward because there is no difference between you flying just beside the car and inside it without making contact.)
you might think of another scenario where you throw a ball up in your car(in constant speed) then the ball won't move backwards in the air.This is because initially it was in your hand moving with the same constant speed as that of your car, so when you throw it up it still remains moving with the same speed.
so there is no analogy between the ball thrown up and the fly in the car.
2007-06-02 22:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by serpentine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the internal pressure of the air trapped in the car is not moving so the fly is in a type of suspended animation so it can hove but if can fly forward if it wants to smile :0
2007-06-02 22:51:13 · answer #3 · answered by Micky D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no external force acting on the fly, there would be no acceleration for the fly. It would fly as usual, as if in the car that has no acceleration.
2007-06-02 22:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on whether the compartment fan is on: the air usually blows from the front to the back of the car.
2007-06-02 22:49:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if it hovered in mid-air in the front it would end up in the back. Think about yourself on a bus, if you jumped at the front, you would fall down towards the middle or back.
2007-06-02 22:34:36 · answer #6 · answered by Patrick 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
if the car is under constant acceleration no.
2007-06-02 22:28:38 · answer #7 · answered by frozenlint 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. he is part of the mass of the car
2007-06-02 22:36:00 · answer #8 · answered by chrispl2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋