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Yeah, it seems so. I have to find some time to ask my friend about this problem again.

After testing out different m and M’s i also found this to be the case where there was a point when the higher velocity situation changed to the otherSo is it to my understanding that the answer depends on the masses, and there is not on situation that causes higher velocity over the other?

So if each jumper releases a fixed amount of energy, why does people jumping off 1 by 1 increase the vehicles speed? He mentioned how with each jump, the force in each jump is being put onto a decreasing mass because people are jumping off (final mass being the vehicle). But I'm wondering why...

[ I understand these concepts. I just want a proper explanation to why jumping off 1 by 1 would increase the velocity of the vehicle more than everyone jumping off at once (in the direction opposite to the bus's direction vector)

Lets say opposite direction to the way the vehicle is moving, same time, no propulsion just coasting.

Hi I haven't study physics since the one time I took AP Physics 1 three years ago, but my friend presented me this problem. There's a vehicle with passengers on top of it. Does the vehicle have higher velocity after all the passengers jumped off in the same direction and force at the same time...