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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. Since their direction of motion and initial positions are not given, we cannot find the answer from the given information.
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