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4.10 : Relative Velocity in One Dimension

The understanding of the concept of reference frames is essential to discuss relative motion in one or more dimensions. When we say that an object has a certain velocity, we must state the velocity with respect to a given reference frame. In most examples, this reference frame has been Earth. For instance, if a statement reads that a person is sitting in a train moving at 10 m/s east, then it implies that the person on the train is moving relative to the surface of Earth at this velocity, therefore Earth is the reference frame. All discussions of relative motion must define the reference frames involved. Here, we discuss a method to refer to reference frames in relative motion.

Let us first discuss the relative motion in one dimension, since velocity vectors only have two possible directions. Imagine a person is sitting on a train moving east. If east is considered as the positive direction and Earth as the reference frame, then we can write the velocity of the train with respect to the Earth as 10 m/s. Now imagine the person gets out of their seat and walks toward the back of the train at 2 m/s. This tells us that the person has a velocity relative to the reference frame of the train. Since the person is walking west (in the negative direction), their velocity with respect to the train can be written as

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where Image1is the velocity of the person with respect to train and Image2is the velocity of the train with respect to Earth. Adding the vectors, we find Image3, the velocity of the person with respect to Earth to be 8 m/s.

This text is adapted from Openstax, University Physics Volume 1, Section 4.5: Relative Motion in One and Two Dimensions.

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