A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that motion of the train is

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

As it is only possible when the train is accelerating, the coin exist the inertia of motion in the forward direction and hence when it is tossed it falls backward.

Therefore, a passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that motion of the train is accelerated.