Question:

A police jeep moving with velocity 45 km/hr is chasing a thief in another jeep moving with
velocity 153km/hr. Police fires a bullet with muzzle velocity 180 m/s. The velocity with
which it will appear to strike9.the car of the thief, is:(1) 150 m/s(2) 27 m/s(3) 450 m/s(4)
250 m/s

Date/C: 17-08-2019/F4950/A7552/NA
Answer:

We are solving assuming Velocity of thief jeep as 153km h

as per the data of options
given

Velocity of police jeep, v p  45 km h

5
 45  ms
18

 12.5m s

Velocity of thief 1 jeep, v t  153 km h

5
 153   42.5 m s
18

Bullet is fired from police I jeep which itself is moving with speed 12.5 m s

Muzzle velocity is w.r.t. gun always and gun is moving with police jeep with speed 12.5
ms

Velocity of bullet w.r.t. gun, v bg  180m s

v b  v g  180

v b  12.5  180

v b  92.5 m s

Velocity with which bullet hits the thief jeep  v b  v t

 192.5  42.5  m s

 150m s