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Mia walks with a velocity of 1.3 m/s south. She does so while riding on a train that is traveling with a velocity of 4.6 m/s north. What is Mia's velocity?
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Mia walks with a velocity of 1.3 m/s south. She does so while riding on a train that is traveling with a velocity of 4.6 m/s north. What is Mia's velocity?

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If you look Mia from inertial frame of reference i.e Earth, you'll see that she's moving with,
V = 4.6 - 1.3 = 3.3 m/s.
So with respect to ground, she'll be moving at 3.3 m/s toward north.
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