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Q. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically into air, the ball falls

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Solution:

Initially both the ball and car arc moving with same horizontal velocity. If ball is thrown up vertically in air, the horizontal velocity of ball remain constant and both ball and car move through same horizontal distance. Hence, ball falls exactly in the hand of thrower.