A car is moving south at 20 m s⁻¹. A motorcyclist is moving east at 15 m s⁻¹. At a certain instant, the motorcyclist is due south of the car and is 50 m away from it.
Physics · Kinematics part-3 Relative motion · Relative motion in 2-D and shortest distance problem
A car is moving south at 20 m s⁻¹. A motorcyclist is moving east at 15 m s⁻¹. At a certain instant, the motorcyclist is due south of the car and is 50 m away from it.
Sub-question 1
The shortest distance between the motorcyclist and the car is:
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Sub-question 2
The time after which they are closest to each other is:
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