An invariant quantity is one that is measured to have the same value in all inertial reference frames.
Does kinetic energy depend on the reference frame of an observer.
Giving a total kinetic energy of m v 2.
Ok so here s what i m wondering.
Suppose you have a light source that produces em waves in all directions at some frequency ν and a camera set.
Now in the same system but taken from the frame of reference of one of the moving object it observes the other moving away from it at a velocity of 2 v and hence it would see the kinetic energy of the system to be 0 5 m 2v 2 which i suppose simplifies to 2 m v 2.
If you count the reduction in kinetic energy of the train together with the increase in kinetic energy of the ball the sum is the same regardless of what reference frame you choose.
Of course then the velocity is used in order to calculate the kinetic energy.
And so we know that of course the kinetic energy is dependent on the velocity.
And so therefore uh the kinetic energy of on object is also measured with respect to a frame.
Kinetic energy depends upon the frame of reference in your question it is the speed of the observer i would like to explain it by an example.
Kinetic energy depends on the speed of the object which will be different for two observers in relative motion.
We know that the kinetic energy is equal in 1 2 m.
This is my first post here and i know just about zero physics so i apologize in advance if the question is a little daft naïve.
As a result the object has different kinetic energies to those two different observers.
And the velocity of an object is measured with respect to a frame of reference.
For example you can not catch the bullet standing on the ground.