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COMEDK · Physics · 3. Motion In One Dimension

A man standing in a truck moving with constant velocity throws a ball vertically into air, ball falls

  1. A Exactly in the hand of the boy
  2. B Outside the truck
  3. C In the truck behind the boy
  4. D In the truck ahead of the boy
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(A) Exactly in the hand of the boy

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The truck is moving with a constant velocity \(v\) in the horizontal direction. When the man throws the ball vertically upward, the ball possesses the same initial horizontal velocity \(v\) as the truck and the man. Since there is no horizontal acceleration acting on the ball…