Question

You are moving at 30 km/s with respect to the sun because the Earth ismoving. So is the chair you are sitting in. If you stood up and jumped, thechair wouldn't move out from under you because:A) The inertia of you and the chair carry both of you with the speed of the EarthB)The chair is stuck to the ground because of frictionC) You didn’t jump high enough for that speed to matterD) You have inertia that keeps you gravitationally attracted to the chair

Answer 1

Given that both the chair and the person are affected by Earth's movement, we can deduct that both have inertia due to Earth's speed.

Therefore, the answer is A.