Two Cars Are Traveling Down the Highway in the Same

question 12

Multiple Choice

Two cars are traveling down the highway in the same direction. Car A is traveling at 30.0 m/s and car B is passing car A at a relative speed of 3.0 m/s. Using Galilean relativity to calculate the speed of car B relative to the highway results in an answer that is incorrect by how much?

• A) 3.3 × 10^-2 m/s
• B) 3.3 × 10^-5 m/s
• C) 3.3 × 10^-8 m/s
• D) 3.3 × 10^-11 m/s
• E) 3.3 × 10^-14 m/s

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