Imagine That You Are at Luna Park Having a Ride

question 24

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are at Luna Park having a ride on a carousel. As you go round and round, you look up and see that a seagull is flying in a circle directly over your head. As you go around in a circle, so does the seagull, so that it remains directly over you. Naturally you are a bit freaked out by this, and you start to wonder if the seagull has taken a dislike to you, and plans to do a dropping on your head. Will a dropping the bird releases while flying directly above your head hit you?

• A)Yes, because it falls straight down.
• B)Yes, because it maintains the acceleration of the bird as it falls.
• C)No, because it falls straight down and will land behind the person.
• D)Yes, because it maintains the angular velocity of the bird as it falls.
• E)No, because it maintains the tangential velocity the bird had at the instant it started falling.

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