Suppose you are on an airplane moving at high speed. If you flip a coin straight up it will land in your lap rather than a great distance behind you. Explain why and include any laws that help prove your point.

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sidsiddhartha · Answer

everything in the plane is going at the same speed, including you and the coin!
it would land in your lap because your not accelerating.the 
newton's laws of motion expalins it
 one of newtons law states that "An object in motion stays in motion unless acted apon by an outside force."