Ball is thrown at 16.1 m/s inside a boxcar
Moving along the tracks at 29.4 m/s .
What is the speed of the ball relative to the
Ground if the ball is thrown forward? Answer
In units of m/s.

simmon


This is your homework, and you have to do the thinking. I just provide hints.

The car and everything in it is moving forwards at 29.4 m/s.
So that ball is already moving forwards at 29.4 m/s.
And than you add 16.1 m/s forwards to that.
So what speed forwards will that ball have than?

Brainteaser : what would (relative to the ground) the speed of the ball be, if thrown backwards at 29.4 m/s?