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when balls bounce from trains, do they speed?
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when balls bounce from trains, do they speed?
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This one is fun.
" Imagine standing on a train platform, and throwing a ball at 30 km/h toward a train approaching at 50 km/h. The driver of the train sees the ball approaching at 80 km/h and then departing at 80 km/h after the ball bounces elastically off the front of the train. Because of the train's motion, however, that departure is at 130 km/h relative to the train platform; the ball has added twice the train's velocity to its own. "
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Is it right, or wrong?
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I think it's sort of related to this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_ball#Multiple_stacked_balls
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Full points BC :)
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