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Question #348069

A bus is moving at 5.0 m/s when a passenger walks forward at 1.5 m/s relative to the bus. How fast is this passenger moving as seen and measured by (a) a person waiting at the bus stop and (b) the driver of the bus?

Expert's answer

a) 6.5 m/s

b) 1.5 m/s

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