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Grade 9General Physics

A particle is moving eastward with a speed of 20m/s. It changes its direction towards north,but speed remains same. The change in velocity is.
A. 20m/s
B. 20√2 m/s towards N-W
C. 40√2 m/s towards N-E
D. Zero
The answer is supposed to be B. but how?

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10 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of SAI SARDAR
10 Years ago
Rishab,The answer isb.Because it is from the parallelgram law you subsitute the values in the equation then you will get the answer.