Question

You are in a train traveling on a horizontal track and notice that a piece of luggage starts to slide directly toward the front of the train. From this observation, you can conclude that this train is:__________
A) Slowing down
B) Slowing down and changing direction
C) Speeding up and changing direction
D) Speeding up
E) Changing Direction

Answer 1

A very interesting observation, to be sure.

If the train is traveling forward, then it is slowing down.

If the train is traveling backward, then it is speeding up.