A bolt drops from the ceiling of a moving train car that is accelerating northward at a rate of 3.72 m/s2. (a) What is the acceleration of the bolt relative to the train car?  m/s2 southward and  m/s2 downward (b) What is the acceleration of the bolt relative to the Earth?  m/s2 downward (c) Describe the trajectory of the bolt as seen by an observer fixed on the Earth

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A bolt drops from the ceiling of a moving train car that is accelerating northward at a rate of 3.72 m/s2.

(a) What is the acceleration of the bolt relative to the train car?
 m/s2 southward and  m/s2 downward

(b) What is the acceleration of the bolt relative to the Earth?
 m/s2 downward

(c) Describe the trajectory of the bolt as seen by an observer fixed on the Earth.
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