FILE No.200Unsolved
When a train departs from the station heading forward, which way does the hanging strap lean: forward or backward?
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When the train starts to move forward, what does the strap do?
It is like the feeling of being pulled backward as a passenger.
Which way does it lean when stopping?
When a train departs from the station heading forward, which way does the hanging strap lean: forward or backward?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
Leans backward
The answer is "Leans backward."
When the train starts moving forward, the strap tries to stay still, so relative to the train it is left behind and leans backward.
When stopping it is the opposite, and it leans forward.
Because you think the strap moves in the direction of travel.
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