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A bus is moving with a speed of 10ms1 on a straight road. A scooter wishes to overtake the bus in 100s. If the bus is at a distance of 1km from the scooterist, with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus?

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Given
t=100sec
s=1km=1000m
vb=10m/s (relative speed with respect to bus)
v=DistanceTime=1000100=10m/s
vb=velocity of bus vs=velocity of scooter
v=vsvb
10=vs10
vs=10+10
vs=20m/s
The velocity with which the scooterist should chase the bus is 20 m/s

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