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A person is standing on a road with his umbrella open at `30^@` with the vertical to save himself from rain . Then he starts moving at `5 km *h^(-1)`. Now the finds that rain drops are hitting his umbrella vertically. Find the speed of rain drops w.r.t(i) the road .(ii) the moving person.

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`10 km*h^(-1),5sqrt(3) km*h^(-1)`
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