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Grade 11Mechanics

A rocket moves horizontally with a constant velocity ‘u’ at a height ‘L’. A guided missile is fired vertically with a speed ‘v’ when the rocket passes above it. Assuming that the missile always aims at the rocket with the constant speed ‘v’, find the time after which the missile strikes the rocket.

Profile image of Veer Kashyap
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Arun Kumar
12 Years ago
Hello Student,

We’ll do this by concept of relativity.
rel_dis=L
rel_vel=v
=>t=L/v

Thanks & Regards
Arun Kumar
Btech, IIT Delhi
Askiitians Faculty