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The reason a penny thrown straight up inside a bus will come back to your hand is that you, the bus, the air inside the bus, and the penny are all moving at the same velocity.
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The statement is false. When a bus moves at constant velocity, the penny would return to your hand due to inertia. However, if the bus accelerates or decelerates, the penny would NOT return to your hand because of inertia - it would continue at the original velocity while you and the bus change velocity. The penny's motion depends on whether the bus maintains constant velocity or accelerates.