A moving walkway carries passengers due east at relative to the airport floor

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials

Problem

A moving walkway carries passengers due east at

2.0\,\text{m/s}

relative to the airport floor. A traveller walks

1.3\,\text{m/s}

east relative to the walkway. Calculate the traveller’s speed relative to Earth, including units.