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To a stationary man, rain appears to be falling at his back at an angle `30^@` with the vertical. As he starts moving forward with a speed of `0.5 m s^-1`, he finds that the rain is falling vertically.
The speed of rain with respect to the stationary man is.

A

`"0.5 m s"^(-1)`

B

`"1 m s"^(-1)`

C

`(sqrt3)/(2)" m s"^(-1)`

D

`(1)/(sqrt3) m s"^(-1)`

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