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A police man is runnig with a uniform speed of `5 km h^(-1)` and a thief ois running with a unifom spped of `2 km h^(-1)`. Is it possible to find whether the polliceman can catch the thief? Explain

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Here the speed of the police man is greater than that of the thief. Sicne their direction of motion and intitial position are not given, we cannot find the answer from the given inforamtion
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