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A person standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at `60^(0)` with the verticcal to keep the rain away. He throws the umbrella an starts running at `20 ms^(-1)`. He finds that rain drops are hitting his head vertically. Find the speed of the rain drops wigh respect to (a) the road (b) the moving person.

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To solve the problem, we need to analyze the situation using vector components. The person initially holds the umbrella at an angle of \(60^\circ\) with the vertical to keep the rain away. After throwing the umbrella, he runs at a speed of \(20 \, \text{m/s}\) and observes that the rain is now falling vertically onto his head. ### Step 1: Understanding the initial condition When the person holds the umbrella at \(60^\circ\) with the vertical, it means that the rain has a horizontal component of velocity that is equal to the horizontal component of the umbrella's angle. ### Step 2: Resolve the umbrella's angle into components The angle \(60^\circ\) with the vertical means: - The vertical component of the rain's velocity (\(V_{r,y}\)) can be found using trigonometric functions: ...
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