If I am traveling in a car at 15km/h and throw an object at the same

Jason

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speed to the opposite way , what happens? Will the object add the speeds and travel at 30km/h in the opposite direction, or will it be the same as dropping it from a stationary car because speeds subtract?
 
it will drop straight down, because velocity is a vector, and -15km/h + 15km/h = 0km/h
 
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