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A vertically placed mirror is falling down. Just before hitting the ground, the mirror has a velocity of 3 m/s. A man is running away from the mirror at 3 m/s. What is the speed of the image?

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0 m/s
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3 m/s
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6 m/s
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32 m/s
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Solution

The correct option is B 3 m/s
The vertical mirror is falling down, so its speed is irrelevant.
Since speed of the person is 3 m/s, so is the image's speed 3 m/s.

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