Answer to Question #111624 in Mechanics | Relativity for Lizwi

Question

If object 1 has mass of 0.51kg moving to the positive direction at 1 m/s. Object 2 comes to rest and object moves to the negative direction at 0.33 m/s. What is the initial velocity of object 1 in earth reference frame

Answer 1

Velocity will be sum of 1 and 0.33 m/s because they move in different directions

$v=1+0.33=1.33$ m/s