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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Motion In Two Dimensions

A car travels with a speed of 40 km h-1. Rain drops are falling at a constant speed vertically. The traces of the rain on the side windows of the car make an angle of 30° with the vertical. The magnitude of the velocity of the rain with respect to the car is

  1. A 403 km h-1
  2. B 403 km h-1
  3. C 80 km h-1
  4. D 803 km h-1
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(C) 80 km h-1

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Here the car moves with speed vCE=40 km h-1 and raindrops are falling at a constant speed vertically with respect to the Earth as shown in the figure below. Now, velocity of car relative to the rain is calculated using the relation,…
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