A person is sitting in a train and throws a coin vertixally upward where the coin will fall :- 1.if the train moving with a constant speed. 2.If the train is moving with constant acceleration 3. If the train is moving with constant retardation.

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Dear Student ,
$1 . M o v i n g w i t h a c o n s \tan t s p e e d : W h e n t h e p a s s e n g e r i n a t r a i n m o v i n g w i t h a c o n s \tan t s p e e d t o s s e s a c o i n, t h e c o i n w i l l f a l l b a c k t o t h e s p o t w h e r e i t w a s t o s s e d f r o m a s i f t h e t r a i n w a s s t a t i o n a r y . B e c a u s e t h e c o i n i s a l s o m o v i n g w i t h c o n s \tan t s p e e d a l o n g w i t h t h e t r a i n . 2 . A c c e l e r a t i n g : W h e n t h e t r a i n i s a c c e l e r a t i n g i t c h a n g e s i t s s p e e d (i n c r e a s e s), o n t h e o t h e r h a n d t h e c o i n s t i l l m o v e s w i t h t h e s a m e s p e e d a s b e f o r e . S o w h e n t h e c o i n i s t o s s e d, b y t h e t i m e t h e c o i n r e a c h b a c k t h e t r a i n w o u l d h a v e m o v e d a h e a d a n d s o t h e c o i n w i l l f a l l b e h i n d t h e s p o t f r o m w h e r e i t w a s t o s s e d . 3 . N e g a t i v e l y a c c e l e r a t i n g : I f t h e t r a i n w a s s l o w i n g d o w n (o r m o v i n g w i t h n e g a t i v e a c c e l e r a t i o n) . O n t o s \sin g, t h e c o i n w o u l d l a n d a h e a d o f t h e s p o t f r o m w h e r e i t w a s t o s s e d . B e c a u s e t h e c o i n m o v e s w i t h t h e s a m e s p e e d w h i l e t h e t r a i n s l o w s d o w n .$
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