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A man is walking due east at the rate of `2kmph`.The rain appears to him to come down vertically at the rate of `2kmph`.The actual velocity and direction of rainfall with the vertical respectively are

A

`2sqrt(2)` kmph, `45^(@)`

B

`(1)/sqrt(2)` kmph, `30^(@)`

C

2kmph, `0^(@)`

D

1kmph. `90^(@)`

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The correct Answer is:
a

`v_(R)=sqrt(v^(2)+v_(m_^(2)), tan theta=(v_(m))/(v)`
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