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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 a same direction with a speed of `192 km h^(-1)`. If the muzzle speed of the buller is `150 m s^(-1)`, with what speed does the bullet hit thief's car? .
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A

`25 m//s`

B

`50 m//s`

C

`75 m//s`

D

`105 m//s`

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D
The relative velocity of bullet with respect to thief
`v_(bt)=(v_(b)+v_(p))-v_(t)`
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