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When a man is standing, rain drops appears to him falling at `60^(@)` from the horizontal from his front side. When he is travelling at 5 kmph on a horizontal road they appear to him falling at `30^(@)` from the horizontal from his front side. The actual speed of the rain is (in kmph)

A

3

B

4

C

5

D

`5sqrt(3)`

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