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Magnitude of Instantaneous Velocity

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Point A moves uniformly with velocity v so that the vector v is continually "aimed" at point B which in its turn moves rectilinearly and uniformly with velocity u < v. At the initial moment of time $v ⊥ u$ and the points are separated by a distance I.How soon will the points converge ?

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Solution

As two velocities are perpendicular, relative velocity of one with respect to other is, $\sqrt{u^{2} + v^{2}}$

So time taken to converge is, $t = \frac{l}{\sqrt{v^{2} + u^{2}}}$

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