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Settle an argument please !
Look at the picture. The van is traveling forwards at 100mph.
A motorcycle is ridden forwards out the van, off a ramp at 20mph.
1) what direction will the bike front wheel be traveling as it leaves the ramp.
2) What direction will the whole bike be traveling as it rolls of the ramp
3) What direction will the bike be traveling at when both wheels exit the ramp.
I believe the front wheel will hit the tarmac, skid to a stop then start traveling in the same direction as the van wheels.
As the rear wheel exits the van, it will also skid to a halt and also start turning at at the same direction as the van wheels. The bike then will be traveling in reverse, in the same direction as the van until it comes to a stop, then will start traveling in the opposite as the van under its own power.
I think you would have to leave the ramp at more than 100mph to make the bike be travel immediatly in the opposite direction as the van.
Others think the bike will travel in the opposite direction as the van as soon as it exits the van if the bike is traveling at 20mph.
please ignore the potential to crash etc !
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7961/vanju9.jpg
Look at the picture. The van is traveling forwards at 100mph.
A motorcycle is ridden forwards out the van, off a ramp at 20mph.
1) what direction will the bike front wheel be traveling as it leaves the ramp.
2) What direction will the whole bike be traveling as it rolls of the ramp
3) What direction will the bike be traveling at when both wheels exit the ramp.
I believe the front wheel will hit the tarmac, skid to a stop then start traveling in the same direction as the van wheels.
As the rear wheel exits the van, it will also skid to a halt and also start turning at at the same direction as the van wheels. The bike then will be traveling in reverse, in the same direction as the van until it comes to a stop, then will start traveling in the opposite as the van under its own power.
I think you would have to leave the ramp at more than 100mph to make the bike be travel immediatly in the opposite direction as the van.
Others think the bike will travel in the opposite direction as the van as soon as it exits the van if the bike is traveling at 20mph.
please ignore the potential to crash etc !
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7961/vanju9.jpg
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