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"Silly question."

Ok say you're standing in a train. It's going..... oh I dunno 100mph.
For no reason what so ever you decide to jump up in the air.

Now.

Will you land in the same spot you jumped up from?

I don't have an answer, I actually want to know.

I suppose, another thing you could consider, is that the Earth (the planet we live on ;)) is moving all the time...

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Both you and the train are accelerating at the same velocity. When you jump you still move at the same velocity as the train. If the train was to accelerate a lot while you jump then you would land in a different spot.

Like if you jump out a moving car you still move in the same direction as the car before you hit the ground, you don't just shoot out straight (at right angles to the spot where you jumped).

I think. :-)

Yeah, but how? why?
I can't get my head round it...the train continues to move while you are in the air...you don't move forward so shouldn't you land on a new spot?


I should sit down before I hurt myself...oh wait.

You land where you left from.

Yeah, but jumping is different to flying.

Tomorrow I think I will jump on the train to see what happens.
(You will look a prat)
I know that. But I need to prove a point.

You'll land where you left from

Ever seen a fly in a metro/car/bus? They're flying around like they're indoors, but in reality they're going the same speed as the car or whatever. How come they don't get sucked to the back of the car?

Ok say you're standing in a train. It's going..... oh I dunno 100mph.
For no reason what so ever you decide to jump up in the air.

Now.

Will you land in the same spot you jumped up from?

I don't have an answer, I actually want to know.