How Far Do You Move If You Jump in a Moving Train?

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In summary, the conversation is about a person taking a trip on the Shanghai Transrapid Train, which maintains a speed of 430km/h along a straight path. The person jumps straight up at a speed of 2ms-1 while positioned in the center of the carriage. The question is how many horizontal meters the person is displaced along the aisle before landing, with the clarification that displacement towards the front of the train is negative and towards the back of the train is positive. The person also asks if there is any horizontal force acting on them and where they will land if there is no horizontal force.
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I'm taking a trip aboard the Shanghai Transrapid Train. The train maintains its maximum commercial speed of 430km/h along a straight.
I position myself at the centre of my carriage and jump straight up at 2ms-1.

How many horizontal meters am I displaced along the aisle before landing?

Displacement towards the front of the train is negative and towards the back of the train is positive
 
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Lani said:
I'm taking a trip aboard the Shanghai Transrapid Train. The train maintains its maximum commercial speed of 430km/h along a straight.
I position myself at the centre of my carriage and jump straight up at 2ms-1.

How many horizontal meters am I displaced along the aisle before landing?

Displacement towards the front of the train is negative and towards the back of the train is positive
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You too traveling as fast as the train, horizontally.
Is there any force acting on you horizontally?
 
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Hamid438 said:
You too traveling as fast as the train, horizontally.
Is there any force acting on you horizontally?
No , pls can you help me out with this question
 
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Lani said:
No , pls can you help me out with this question

If there is no horizontal force acting on you then where do you land?
 
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Lani said:
I'm taking a trip aboard the Shanghai Transrapid Train. The train maintains its maximum commercial speed of 430km/h along a straight.
I position myself at the centre of my carriage and jump straight up at 2ms-1.

How many horizontal meters am I displaced along the aisle before landing?

Displacement towards the front of the train is negative and towards the back of the train is positive
Lani, you need to start over and fill out the homework template and show what you have attempted to solve the problem yourself so that we know where you are getting stuck. :smile:
 

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