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Oscillating Object - Homework

I am forced to post this question here as physics SE refuses homework questions even if tagged with their (severely misleading) 'homework' tag. See my question at: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/105606/oscillating-motion-homework for…
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Is speed relative?

I'm not a mathematician and this is something that I've pondered for years... If I'm travelling at 1 mile per hour, and a car beside me is travelling 2 miles per hour it will (obviously) overtake me. (I don't know how long that will actually take…
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Find the distance covered by the ant

A $15 \text{ cm}$ long line of ants starts crawling. A rebel ant at the back of the line steps out and starts marching forward at a higher speed than the line is moving. On reaching the front of the line, it immediately turns around and marches back…
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