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A policeman starts chasing a thief with a uniform velocity V along a straight path in a jeep. When the jeep is at a distance d from the thief rides on a motorcycle and moves with a constant acceleration a starting from rest. Show that the policeman can catch the thief if V `gt sqrt(2ad).`

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