I am sitting on a train car traveling horizontally at a constant speed of 50 m/s. I throw a ball straight up into the air.
Describe the motion of the ball as I see it. Is the path taken by the ball different than if I was sitting at rest at home and I threw a ball straight up into the air?

I am sitting on a train car traveling horizontally at a constant speed of 50 m/s. I throw a ball straight up into the air. Before , the ball gets separated from my hand , both me the ball will be moving with velocity of 50 m /s in horizontal direction .

As soon as ball is separated from the hand , it acquires addition velocity in upward direction and acceleration in downward direction . This will give relative velocity to the ball with respect to me . So I will see the ball going in upward direction under gravitational acceleration . It appears as if I am sitting at rest and ball is going in upward direction under deceleration . My motion at 50 m/s will have no effect on the motion of ball in upward direction , according to first law of Newton . It is so because ball too will be moving in forward direction with the same speed which will not be visible to me because I too am moving with the same speed.

If I am sitting at rest at home and I threw a ball straight up into the air , I will have the same experience of seeing ball going in similar way as described above.

I am sitting on a train car traveling horizontally at a constant speed of 50 m/s. I throw a ball straight up into the air. Describe the motion of the ball as I see it. Is the path taken by the ball different than if I was sitting at rest at home and I threw a ball straight up into the air?

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I am sitting on a train car traveling horizontally at a constant speed of 50 m/s. I throw a ball straight up into the air.
Describe the motion of the ball as I see it. Is the path taken by the ball different than if I was sitting at rest at home and I threw a ball straight up into the air?