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A pickup vehicle is moving with a speed of 15m/s on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the pickup vehicle in 150s. If the pickup vehicle is at an initial distance of 1.500 km from the scooterist, with what constant speed should the scooteristchase the pickup vehicle?

A pickup vehicle is moving with a speed of 15m/s on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the pickup vehicle in 150s. If the pickup vehicle is at an initial distance of 1.500 km from the scooterist, with what constant speed should the scooteristchase the pickup vehicle?
 

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Saurabh Koranglekar
askIITians Faculty 10335 Points
4 years ago
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Khimraj
3007 Points
4 years ago
Given:
Time(t)= 150 s , distance (s)=1.5km= 1500m
Vb=15
Velocity (V)=distance /time = 1500/150= 10m/s
Vs= velocity of scooter,  Vb=velocity of pickup
V = Vs-Vb         
10= Vs-15
10+15 = Vs
25=Vs
Vs=25m/s

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