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Grade 12th passMechanics

Four particles are situated at the corners of side ‘a’.,move at constant speed ‘v’.Each particle maintains a direction towards the next particle in succession.Calculate the time the particles will take to meet each other.

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
they will met in the centre
tine = displacement \ velocity
displacement= half the length of the diagonal = a\21/2
velocity = v
time= a/v21/2