You are playing catch with a friend in a moving train. When you toss the ball in the direction the train is moving, how does the speed of the ball appear to an observer standing at rest outside the train?

I know it appears to be traveling faster than the train, but I don't know the technicalities

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28 June, 17:46

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Bianca Rogers · Answer 1

I think to an observer outside the train, the speed of the ball will actually look like more than the speed of the train.

You are playing catch with a friend in a moving train. When you toss the ball in the direction the train is moving, how does the speed of the ball appear to an observer standing at rest outside the train?I know it appears to be traveling faster than the train, but I don't know the technicalities