A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 km/h fires a bullet at a thief's car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of 192 km/h. If the nuzzle speed of the bullet is 150 m/s, with what speed does the bullet hit the thief's car?
105 m s−1
The speed of the bullet with respect to ground will be,
vbg = vbv + vvg
=150 + 253 = 4753ms−1
Speed of thief's car is,
vtg=192 × 518 = 1603ms−1
vbt = vbg - vtg
4753 - 1603 = 105 ms−1