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Homework Statement
James is running west wrt the ground and Billy is running east wrt the ground, but twice as fast as James. How does the relative velocity of James wrt Billy differ if they are running toward each other or away from each other? Explain.
*wrt = with relation to*
Homework Equations
VJG and VBG
The Attempt at a Solution
This is a word problem, I just started an online grade 12 physics class today so I am sort of clueless and quite confused. So I interpreted it like this. Let's say James was 100m/s, therefore Billy is 200m/s. If they run away from each other, so one left/west one right/east then in relation to the ground it would seem as if Billy covered more distance (which would be true?) and if they were running towards each other, then I thought it would be seen as Billy simply again covering more distance by the time James got there. I need help, please and thanks!