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What is a velocity at rest?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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7y ago

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You add the velocity of the other frame of reference, to the object's velocity compared to that frame of reference. Example: a train moves at 60 km/h; a man in the train walks forward at 5 km/h (that is with respect to the train). Adding the two speeds gives 65 km/h. If the movements are in different directions, vector additions is needed. Basically you can add x, y, and z-components of the velocities separately. The above assumes the speeds are non-relativistic; otherwise a different and more complicated formula is required.

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If an object is at rest, it has no velocity - its velocity is zero. More precisely, since velocity is a vector, in this case the velocity would be the null vector.

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at rest means not moving, that is, velocity is zero

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