Question

A man sitting in a bus traveling in a direction from West to East with a speed of $40$ km/hr observes that the raindrops are falling vertically down. To another man standing on the ground, the rain will appear

• A. To fall vertically down
• B. To fall at an angle going from West to East
• C. To fall at an angle going from East to West
• D. The information given is insufficient to decide the direction of rain

Answer 1

The correct option is B

To fall at an angle going from West to East

A man is sitting in a bus and traveling from west to east, and the rain drops are appears falling vertically down.

$V_m=$ Velocity of man

$V_r=$Actual velocity of rain which is falling at an angle $\theta$ with vertical

$V_m=$Velocity of rain with respect to moving man

If another man observes actual the rain then he will find that actually rain falling with velocity $V_r$ at an angle going from west to east.