A man throws a ball vertically upward while standing in a train moving with uniform velocity. The ball will fall?
Answer: Behind him
Explanation
The ball will fall behind him.
When the man throws the ball vertically upward, it maintains the horizontal velocity of the train due to inertia.
However, the train continues to move forward while the ball is in the air.
As the ball falls back down, it will have traveled a shorter horizontal distance compared to the train,
Resulting in it landing behind the man where he originally threw it.
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