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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?


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105 m s1

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110 m s1

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115 m s1

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120 m s1

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Solution

The correct option is A

105 m s1


The speed of the bullet with respect to ground will be,

vbg = vbv + vvg

=150 + 253 = 4753ms1

Speed of thief's car is,

vtg=192 × 518 = 1603ms1

vbt = vbg - vtg

4753 - 1603 = 105 ms1


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