Question

You can play catch with softball in a bus moving with constant speed on a straight road,just as though the bus were at rest .Is this still possible when the bus is making a turn at constant speed on a level road? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

No, It is not possible to play game of softball in bus turning.

Explanation:

When the bus is turning,  even if it is in constant speed it id accelerating . A game of catch in accelerating frame of reference is different from game in inertial frame. This is because in non-inertial frame a pseudo or fictions force is acting in the ball (NOTE-in frame of refernce of bus). Or we can say that if a person outside the bus moving with constant velocity or at rest observes the entire science then from his frame of reference the bus is accelerating along with passengers in it but the ball in air because of having no contact with bus continues to move in original direction of trajectory . And this whole thing for people in it appears as if ball is accelerating but in actual it is the accelerating frame or bus. This is why that force is pseudo or fictions because it is not actually there,

Answer 2

Answer:

It is not possible to play catch with softball inside a bus when the bus is making a turn at constant speed on a level road because the catcher cannot anticipate the flight path of the thrown ball.

Explanation:

• The direction of motion of the bus is changing as a result of an external force acting on it while it makes a turn at constant speed on a level road.
• The direction of the velocity changes for the bus and any linked internal objects, including the players, but not for the ball.
• Hence the bus and the players are changing their course whereas the ball which has left the player would be going in the original direction.
• The catcher cannot anticipate the flight path of the thrown ball. He will view it as bent, instead of being in a straight line.

Thus, It is not possible to play catch with softball inside a bus when the bus is making a turn at constant speed on a level road because the catcher cannot anticipate the flight path of the thrown ball.

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