Banana Drop from Monkey's Reference Frame · CAP 2023 #3
Physics · mechanics
Problem
After swinging on a vine in the jungle, monkey A releases the vine and simultaneously drops his banana. Monkey B is stationary on the ground below, watching intently. Immediately after the banana is dropped, what is the direction of the velocity of the banana from each monkey's frame of reference?
[Figure: Shows three diagrams labeled a), b), c), and d) with arrows indicating different velocity directions]