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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


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To fall vertically down

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To fall at an angle going from West to East

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To fall at an angle going from East to West

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The information given is insufficient to decide the direction of rain

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Solution

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.

Vm= Velocity of man

Vr=Actual velocity of rain which is falling at an angle θ with vertical

Vm=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 Vr at an angle going from west to east.


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