(May 6, 2013 at 3:28 pm)mo66 Wrote: But the phrase the OP used is still false, there's no "combined" velocity of 100, you can't add velocities like that, adding together the initial velocities will not get you the final velocity (and yes, it is in the direction of the car as you kindly pointed out).
You're missing the forest for all the trees. What is the velocity of the car relative to the motorcycle and vice versa?
This isn't a goddamned physics thread, you know. It's a fucking rant. Go debate your fucking pedantry elsewhere.