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A police jeep is chasing with, velocity of 10 m/s a thief in another jeep moving with velocity 1m/s if they are 100m apart then find the time taken to catch theif

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$v_{p o l i c e} = 10 m / s v_{t h i e f} = 1 m / s v_{r e l a t i v e} = v_{p o l i c e} - v_{t h i e f} = 9 m / s d i s \tan c e = 100 m t i m e t a k e n = d i s \tan c e / s p e e d = \frac{100}{9} s e c$

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