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Grade 11Mechanics

Find relative velocity of b wrt a after time t =pi/omega
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8 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Eshan
8 Years ago
Dear student,

At the given instant,

Angular speed of A=2\omega
Hence linear speed of A upwards=v_A=2\omega\times r=2\omega r

Angular speed of B=\omega
Linear speed of B upwards=v_B=\omega\times(2r)=2\omega r

Therefore relative velocity of B wrt A isv_B-v_A=0