John walks with a velocity of 1.4 m/s west. He does so while riding on a conveyor belt that moves at a velocity of 0.6 m/s west. What is John's velocity?

1 Answer
Mar 25, 2017

I got #2m/s#

Explanation:

It would be the combined velocities (in the same direction):
#1.4+0.6=2m/s#
This is probably way when at the airport you walk on one of these belts to go to the gate (normally miles away!) you have that "stopping" sensation at the end when you step on firm ground.