If you're riding a bus that is traveling forward and you stand up and jump straight up in the air, do you land on the same spot or do you land a seat behind from where you jumped?
Hmmmm.....crazy huh? My friend has wondered about this for years, but he's too chicken to try it himself so he asked if I could get your opinion. I'll post my theory later.
Thanks!
2007-08-06 21:57:47 · 19 answers · asked by hula wabbit 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
an object at rest remains at rest an object in motion remains in motion. you are moving the same speed as the bus, so if you jump up you continue to move forward. you land in the same spot on the bus you jumped from! if bus stops and you are not attached to the bus you will continue to move forward, thats why we wear seatbelts.
2007-08-06 21:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by taco_man_747 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
An object in motion tends to stay in motion. You wouldn't be able to jump "straight up" at all if you were on a moving bus...you would move forward as the bus moved forward. Gravity and friction from the air would slow you to a certain extent, and, assuming the bus is traveling at a steady speed, you would probably land ever so slightly behind your starting spot. And you wouldn't need to jump to test this...just toss a coin while you're on a bus to get the same effect.
2007-08-07 05:04:24 · answer #2 · answered by Tut Uncommon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will land in the same spot on the bus that you jumped from. The bus is moving forward, but so are you. If the bus is moving forward at 40mph, when you jump up, you will also be going forward at 40mph.
2007-08-07 05:03:05 · answer #3 · answered by Mit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Newton's first law. Objects in motion, stays in motion. Object at rest stay at rest. Unless there is an outside force acts on it
When you are on the bus, you are moving at the same speed with the bus. So when you land you still land on a same spot.
(not the exact the same spot because there's no garantee that you jump exactly straight up)
2007-08-07 05:02:43 · answer #4 · answered by 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since your already moving while the bus is moving, you still move forward with the bus, even when you jump. At most you would land a minuscule distance from where you jumped, assuming you jumped directly up.
Mahalo =0)
2007-08-07 05:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by Sky Guy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my theory: That depends on how high you jump and how fast the bus is going. When you are on the bus, the moving forward bus would keep your body moving forward (Inertia). If you jump low and the bus moves very fast, you would land slightly behind/on the same spot, but if you jump high and bus is slow, you land further behind... etc.
2007-08-07 05:08:12 · answer #6 · answered by ±±±±±±± 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Professor Weirdo says, "Don't stand up on a moving bus and then jump, you'll go flying out the back window and land in the lap of the driver of the car following".
2007-08-07 05:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You would stay in the same spot. Even when your body comes off the bus, you are moving with the bus.
It's the reason you have the big bags in your car. When you come to a halt, your body will fly forward because it is moving with the car.
I learned it last year in science.
2007-08-07 05:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ure moving with the bus ure gonna land in the same place se the bus is 2 miles per hour ure also moving 2 miles per hour so u shouldnt move a bit its like the earth its spining fast but when we jump we spinwith it
2007-08-07 05:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
almost the same spot, you are already moving forward same speed as the bus so would have to counter that to land backwards any decent amount
2007-08-07 05:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋