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A man should hold his umbrella with vertical, when rain fals vertically with velocity `V_(R) ` and man walk horizontally with velocity `V_(M)` . It's direction is given by :

A

`tan ^(-1) ((V_(M))/(V_(R)))`

B

`tan ^(-1) ((V_(R))/(V_(M)))`

C

`tan ^(-1) (V_(R))`

D

`tan ^(-1) (V_(M))`

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A
`theta = tan^(-1) ((V_(M))/(V_(R)))`
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