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Relative motion in 2 dimension
Question

For a man moving on track ABC, rain drops appear to fall vertically for the path AB, and along the same line of its motion (i.e., as observed by a stationary observer) for path BC. The actual speed of rain drop is (in m/s)

Moderate
Solution

 [Step 1]:  VR=Vxi+Vyj

[Step 2]: For path AB  Vx=5ms1
[Step 3]: For path BC velocity of rain  r to BC should be zero hence
[Step 4]:

 VXsin300=Vycos3005×12=Vy×32Vy=53ms1
[Step 5]:    VR=VX2+VY2=52+532=25+253=103ms1=5.77ms1
 

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