Soup Level in Decelerating Train · BPhO 2010 #6

Physics · mechanics

Problem

A passenger, sitting on a train and facing the engine at the front of the train, has a bowl of thin soup on the table in front of him. The train decelerates as it enters a station. Which sketch best represents the level of the soup in the bowl? [Figure: Four different sketches A, B, C, D showing different soup levels in bowl] A. [sketch A] B. [sketch B] C. [sketch C] D. [sketch D]

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