Let us discuss Physics questions

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Posted: 17 years ago
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In this thread, let us discuss some interesting questions related to Physics. One person will post a question, others will answer and thus that question and its answers will be discussed. Once, the discussion on any question is over, then another question will be posted (by me or anybody who wishes).
Let me post the first question.
You are travelling in a bus. You are facing the direction in which the bus is moving. There is a video camera inside the bus. The camera is tied very tightly to a wall on the bus. It is so tightly tied that there is no relative movement between the camera and the bus. The camera is focussed on you. Initially the bus is stationary. You are sitting quietly and the camera is recording you. Suddenly the driver starts the bus. The camera continues to record you. Once you reach your destination, then you check the recording of the camera. You find that when the driver started the bus, then the camera recorded you falling back.
Why did camera make such a recording?
This question is related to Newton's laws.

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Posted: 17 years ago
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This is easy...maybe....I read abt it in class 9th.🤔


This event occured because of Newton's First Law of Motion which states that

An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.


When the bus moved the person remained in his/her original state, but the bus moved forward...so the person appeared to fall backwards, n was thus recorded. The person was stationary in relation to the vehicle but the bus moved.



I hope this is correct



Next question:

When a person diets, is their goal to lose mass or to lose weight? Explain.


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Posted: 17 years ago
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I knew that everybody will consider it as very easy, but it is not. There is a twist in the question.
Please note that the question talks about the recordings by the video camera. The camera is tied to the bus. This means that the bus is always at rest with respect to the camera. The bus was at rest before the driver started the bus. The bus was at rest even after the driver started the bus. I mean the bus moved with respect to an observer standing on the ground. But the bus did not move with respect to the camera.
In your answer, you are saying that the bus moved. But, in camera's frame of reference, it did not. Then why does the camera record a passenger falling back?
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Posted: 17 years ago
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The camera was tied to the bus so it moved with the bus. On the other hand the person was at rest but the bus(and the camera) moved.



I told you...last time I read abt this was in class 9th...3 years ago 😆 I should be given some marks for attempting 😉


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Posted: 17 years ago
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uff kya baat hai yaha par physics classes bhi start ho gayi cool 👏

well inertia and relative motion are the reasons for this observation

when the bus starts to move the lower part of the body which is in contact with the floor moves along with the bus hence there is no relative motion between the camera and the lower part of the body but the upper part of the body tends to remain at rest due to Inertia of rest......as a result of which the person appears to fall backwards w.r.t. the camera's frame of reference
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: amail1601



Next question:

When a person diets, is their goal to lose mass or to lose weight? Explain.




😆 😆 dieting......kya baat hai....... 👏 👏

well weight is the product of mass of a body and the acceleration due to gravity acting on it(so wieght is a force)

in terms of equation W=mg where W is the weight and g is the accelaration due to gravity

the value of "g" remains almost constant at a place and it varies with depth,height,rotation and altititude of the place of the earth.......ok lets not get into gravitation chapter......

so basically if the weight reduces it means mass of the body has reduced so W=mg reduces 😉

so if a person is dieting it is his/her goal to reduce both the mass and weight 😆 😆 but it is basically the mass which is reduced as a result of which less force acts

by the way saare questions Newton's law se hee poochna hai kya?

chalo now answer this question

why there is a flow of current( although very small ) when a p-n junction is reverse biased?
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Commerce-cum-Arts students ko aise questions nahin poochhte 😆 😆


@Nishant...computer theek hote hi saare answers samjha dena please 😆 Waise mere question ka answer correct diya 👏 👏

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Posted: 17 years ago
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The camera was tied to the bus so it moved with the bus. On the other hand the person was at rest but the bus(and the camera) moved. [/quote]
Let me put it another way. In Physics, there is nothing called absolute motion. Movement is always relative. For example, I am sitting in my chair. I am at rest in Earth's frame of reference but moving in Sun's frame of reference. So, frame of reference is important. When we are talking about camera's recordings, then we have to see from camera's frame of reference.

You are saying that camera moved with the bus. Moved in which frame of reference? In camera's frame it did not move at all. Then, in which frame did it move? Please let me know where you have fixed the frame of reference.

[quote]I told you...last time I read abt this was in class 9th...3 years ago 😆 I should be given some marks for attempting 😉 [/quote]

Yes, you are right. 😊 Thanks for attempting. But the discussion on this question is still not over.😉

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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: lrllover

uff kya baat hai yaha par physics classes bhi start ho gayi cool 👏 [/quote]

Interesting hai na?😊

[quote]well inertia and relative motion are the reasons for this observation

when the bus starts to move the lower part of the body which is in contact with the floor moves along with the bus hence there is no relative motion between the camera and the lower part of the body but the upper part of the body tends to remain at rest due to Inertia of rest......as a result of which the person appears to fall backwards w.r.t. the camera's frame of reference

You are saying that bus starts to move. In which frame of reference does it move? Is it camera's frame?

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Posted: 17 years ago
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Ok, let me make that question very simple. Let us fix the frame of reference on the camera. In this frame, the bus does not move at all. Now, tell me why the camera records the passenger falling backward?
Did I really make it easy or no? 😆

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