Answer to Question #92870 in Mechanics | Relativity for Olivia

Question

a boy inside a bus is moving 5.0 m/s towards the east. he is walking at 1.0m/s toward the front. what is the velocity of the boy as observed by a passenger sitting inside the bus and another passenger waiting for the bus at a nearby bus stop

Answer 1

The velocity of the boy as observed by a passenger sitting inside the bus is

$$5.0 \frac{m}{s}$$

The elocity of the boy as observed by another passenger waiting for the bus at a nearby bus stop:

$$5.0+1.0=6.0 \frac{m}{s}$$