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Physics Motion in a Straight Line Relative Motion MCQ (Single Correct)

A train is standing on a platform , a man inside a compartment of a train drops a stone . At the same instant train starts to move with constant acceleration . The path of the particle as seen by the person who drops the stone is :

A
parabola
B
straight line for sometime & parabola for the remaining time
C
straight line
D
variable path that cannot be defined

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The correct answer is:
C

Relative to the person in the train, acceleration of the stone is ‘g’ downward, a (acceleration of train) backwards.

According to him x = at 2 , Y = gt 2

= ⇒ Y = x ⇒ straight line.

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