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Passenger of a train just drops a stone from it. The train was moving with constant velocity. What is path of the stone as observed by the passenger?

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A Parabola

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A circle

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A vertical straight line

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A hyperbola

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Solution

The correct option is C A vertical straight line
Horizontal velocity of both passenger and stone is same so, there is no relative motion along x-direction. Thus, the stone seems to be falling in a vertical straight line.

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