# A Police Van Moving on a Highway with a Speed of 30 Km H–1 Fires a Bullet at a Thief’S Car Speeding Away in the Same Direction with a Speed of 192 Km H–1. If the Muzzle Speed of the Bullet is 150 M S–1, with What Speed Does the Bullet Hit the Thief’S Car - Physics

A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 km h–1 fires a bullet at a thief’s car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of 192 km h–1. If the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 m s–1, with what speed does the bullet hit the thief’s car ? (Note: Obtain that speed which is relevant for damaging the thief’s car).

#### Solution 1

Speed of the police van, vp = 30 km/h = 8.33 m/s

Muzzle speed of the bullet, vb = 150 m/s

Speed of the thief’s car, vt = 192 km/h = 53.33 m/s

Since the bullet is fired from a moving van, its resultant speed can be obtained as:

= 150 + 8.33 = 158.33 m/s

Since both the vehicles are moving in the same direction, the velocity with which the bullet hits the thief’s car can be obtained as:

vbt = vb – vt

= 158.33 – 53.33 = 105 m/s

#### Solution 2

Speed of police van = v_p = 30 kmh^(-1) = 30xx1000/3600 ms^(-1) = 25/3 ms^(-1)

Speed of thiefs car = v_t = 192 "km h"^(-1)

=192 xx 5/18 ms^(-1) = 160/3 ms^(-1)

Speed of bulletv_b = Speed of police van + speed with which bullet is actually fired

:. v_b =(25/3 + 150)ms^(-1) = 475/3 ms^(-1)

Relative velocity of bullet w.r.t theif's car

v_(bt) = v_b - v_t = (475/3 - 160/3) ms^(-1) = 105 ms^(-1)

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#### APPEARS IN

NCERT Class 11 Physics Textbook
Chapter 3 Motion in a Straight Line
Q 18 | Page 58