A thief is traveling with stolen goods on his bicycle when he spots a police officer appro...

A thief is traveling with stolen goods on his bicycle when he spots a police officer approaching. The thief wants to throw the stolen goods away before the officer arrives and wants the goods to land as far away as possible from him. The thief is traveling along the + x direction and throws the goods with a certain speed v0 relative to the bicycle and an angle θ = 45° relative to the x axis. Should he throw the goods (a) in the +x direction or (b) in the —x direction as sketched in Figure P7.38? Does it matter? Assume the bicycle is coasting throughout.

Figure P7.38