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Relative motion based problems
Question

A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 Kmh-1 fires a bullet at a thief’s car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of 192 km h-1. If the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 ms-1, The speed with which the bullet hit the thief’s car is

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Solution

VTP: = VT-VP=192-30=1362

 = 162 Km/h = 45 m/s

VBT = 150- 45 = 105 m/s

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