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Motion In A Plane

Question
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A train is moving with a velocity of 30 km/hr due east and a car is moving with a velocity of 40 km/hr due north. What is the velocity of car as  appears to a passenger in the train? 

Solution

Velocity of train, vT = 30 km /hr
Velocity of car, vc = 40 km/hr
To find: relative velocity of car w.r.t. train. To bring the train at rest, apply equal and opposite velocity of train on car, which is 30 km/hr. 
So, relative velocity of car w.r.t train is, 
vCT = OD = (OB2 + BD2)1/2
               = (402 + 302)1/2 
               = 50 km/hr 
Let <DOB = straight theta, then 
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