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Class : 9 Advanced

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Relative Velocity
1. A boat heads north in still water at 4.5 m/s directly across a river that is running east at 3.0
m/s. What is the velocity of the boat with respect to Earth?

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2. You are riding in a bus moving slowly through heavy traffic at 2.0 m/s. You hurry to the front
of the bus at 4.0 m/s relative to the bus. What is your speed relative to the street?

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3. Rafi is pulling a toy wagon through a neighborhood at a speed of 0.75 m/s. A caterpillar in the
wagon is crawling toward the rear of the wagon at a rate of 2.0 cm/s. What is the caterpillar’s
velocity relative to the ground?

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4. The hat of a person running at constant velocity falls off the back of his head.
a. Draw a sketch showing the path of the hat in the jogger’s frame of reference.

b. Draw its path as viewed by a stationary observer. Neglect air resistance

5. A seagull can fly at a velocity of 9.00 m/s in still air.

a. If it takes the bird 20.0 min to travel 6.00 km straight into an oncoming wind, what is the
velocity of the wind?
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b. If the bird turns around and flies with the wind, how long will it take the bird to return
6.00 km?
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