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Grade 11General Physics

I am too confused with the concept of relative velocity.I will be thankful if you could explain me the concept with the help of the below problem. A bus is beginning to move with an acceleration of 1metre/second sqaure.A boy who is 48m behind the bus starts running with constant speed of 10m/s.The time when the boy can catch the bus? A)8sec B)10sec C)12sec D)14sec.

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15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of basit ali
15 Years ago

ITS ANS. IS  B) 10sec.  when the bus has accn. then its vel.(u) is 0 . and at that time boy has vel.(v)= 10m/s. then apply;         v=u+at.;or 10=1*t;or t=10s.                      and here relative velocity is also 10. plz reply to my answer.

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15 Years ago

THE ANSWER IS 8SEC.