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Archer in the Pickup Truck (from 2 reference frames)

In physics it is usually not safe to accept a computer simulation until after it is tested in reality.  This movie is of constant velocity car with a ball bearing cannon that shoots straight up.  It is a movie of real life, not a simulation.  Examine it from both the inertial reference fram and the stationary reference frame. The same thing is happening, just two different points of view.


[animated gif version]

Next look at more projectile motion.

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