The smokestack of a stationary toy train consists of a vertical spring gun that shoots a steel

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The smokestack of a stationary toy train consists of a vertical spring gun that shoots a steel ball a meter or so straight into the air-so straight that the ball always falls back into the smokestack. Suppose the train moves at constant speed along the straight track. Do you think the ball will still return to the smokestack if shot from the moving train? What if the train gains speed along the straight track? What if it moves at a constant speed on a circular track? Why do your answers differ?
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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321568090

11th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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