Question

1. An insect inside a bus flies from the back toward the front at 2 m/s. The bus is moving in a
straight line at 20 m/s. What is the total speed of the insect as seen by a person standing on the
side of the road?

Answer 1

Answer:

Total speed of the insect as seen by a person standing on the side of the road is 22 m/s

Explanation:

There i a composition of velocities, since the air inside the bus is moving at the same speed as the bus, and the insect flying relative to it.

So for an observer on the side of the road, the insect is flying at a speed of :

20 m/s + 2 m/s = 22 m/s