Imagine That You Are at Luna Park Having a Ride

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are at Luna Park having a ride on a carousel. As you go round and round, you look up and see that a seagull is flying in a circle directly over your head. As you go around in a circle, so does the seagull, so that it remains directly over you. Naturally you are a bit freaked out by this, and you start to wonder if the seagull has taken a dislike to you, and plans to do a dropping on your head. Will a dropping the bird releases while flying directly above your head hit you?

A) Yes, because it falls straight down.
B) Yes, because it maintains the acceleration of the bird as it falls.
C) No, because it falls straight down and will land behind the person.
D) Yes, because it maintains the angular velocity of the bird as it falls.
E) No, because it maintains the tangential velocity the bird had at the instant it started falling.