A. When you are riding in a fast moving car, in what direction would you throw a

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A. When you are riding in a fast moving car, in what direction would you throw an object up so it will return to your hand? Please explain. B. You are running in the rain along a straight sidewalk to your dorm. If the rain is falling vertically downward relative to the ground, how should you hold your umbrella so as yo minimize the rain landing on you? Explain. C. Sitting in a parked bus, you suddenly look up at a bus moving alongside and it appears that you are moving. Why is this? How about with both buses moving in opposite directions?

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A. when you throw upward You will get back into your hand because of inertia of motion the object will have same velocity in the direction of your travel so when you throw upwards it moves along with you in the horizontal direction. B.inclined positions at an angle arctan(myspeed/rainspeed) because relative to me rain falls in that direction C.Inertia of motion D. You appear to move with double speed

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