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78.
Rain is falling vertically downwards. To a man running east-wards, the rain will appear to be coming from
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Jatsho said:
3 years ago
Coming from east and going in the direction of west.
Dhruv said:
8 years ago
You are running eastwards, so rain drops will appear coming from the east [in front of you].
Richee said:
9 years ago
Raindrops from your front so it's from the east since you're running east-ward.
Arivanantham said:
9 years ago
Earth is rotating from the west to east, there the person running in the east direction the rain appears in the east direction.
Aryan said:
9 years ago
According to vectors formula. It appears that the relative direction should be coming from the northwest.
Parshuram said:
9 years ago
It should be north - west direction from vector method.
Peter said:
10 years ago
I thought it was west since you're running eastward you will feel it going westward because it dropping from your front to yourself.
Nsamba Gerald said:
1 decade ago
To me the rain should be coming from the North east. Let V1 be the velocity of rain, and V2 be the velocity of the man. The velocity V12 of rain relative to man V12 = V1-V2.
If you try to draw a vector diagram for the above, the direction of V12 will be along/with an arrow pointing down. Hence rain will appear coming from north east.
If you try to draw a vector diagram for the above, the direction of V12 will be along/with an arrow pointing down. Hence rain will appear coming from north east.
Rajesh said:
1 decade ago
As from above I can't understand clearly. So please tell me in fully explanation.
Akash said:
1 decade ago
As the man is moving towards east, by relative motion the rain appear to come from the east.
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