If you are driving down the interstate going 70 mph and there is a fly in the car buzzing around....is the fly going 70 mph also?
2007-07-19 16:57:35 · 6 answers · asked by g8rfan4u 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
could be more or less, depending on which way its flying
2007-07-19 17:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by climberguy12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that were the case then the fly would be going 18,019.7646 miles per hour in it's orbit around the sun, plus add the rotation of the Earth, which is between 0 mph (at the poles) and 1048 mph (at the equator).
2007-07-19 17:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
velocity is always measured from a specified frame of refrence, thus....
If you measure the fly's velocity relative to someone standing on the side of the road: the fly is buzzing around at 70mph.
If you measure the fly's velocity relative to the car's driver then the fly is moving at normal fly speed.
2007-07-19 17:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by bluecuriosity 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It certainly is, and it's speed is continually changing relative to the surface of the road as it flies in circles.
2007-07-23 13:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACCORDIN TO A GREAT PIOLT,WHO FLEW THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS ACROSS THE OCEAN,ALSO HAD A FLY IN THE PLANE W/HIM, IF IT TAKES UP SPACE,THEN IT TSKES UP WT. AN IF TAKE UP WT. ITS FLYIN AS FAST AS HE WAS......GD......(IS)...
2007-07-19 17:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by THE"IS" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on you point of reference.
2007-07-19 17:01:16 · answer #6 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋