Q. A person going towards east in a car with a velocity of 25$kmh^{- 1}$, a train appears to move towards north with a velocity of $25\sqrt{3}$ $kmh^{- 1}$. The actual velocity of the train will be

A) 25 $kmh^{- 1}$
B) 50 $kmh^{- 1}$
C) 5 $kmh^{- 1}$
D) 35 $kmh^{- 1}$
Explanation

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Let ${\overrightarrow{v}}_{t}$= actual velocity of train
${\overrightarrow{v}}_{t}$= actual velocity of car
$\therefore\ {\overrightarrow{v}}_{tc}$= relative velocity of train with respect to car
$\therefore\ {\overrightarrow{v}}_{c}$=25$\widehat{i}$
and ${\overrightarrow{v}}_{tc}$=25$\sqrt{3}\ \widehat{j}$
$\therefore\ \ {\overrightarrow{v}}_{tc} = {\overrightarrow{v}}_{t} - {\overrightarrow{v}}_{c}$
$\therefore\ \ {\overrightarrow{v}}_{t} = {\overrightarrow{v}}_{tc} + {\overrightarrow{v}}_{c}$
= 25$\sqrt{3}\widehat{j}$+25$\widehat{i}$
$v_{t} = \sqrt{\left( 25\sqrt{3} \right)^{2} + (25)^{2}}$
$= 25\sqrt{4}\ $= 50$kmh^{- 1}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.