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A man is coming down an incline of angle 30^@. When he walks with speed 2(sqrt(3)) m s^-1 he has to keep his umbrella vertical to protect himself from rain. The actual speed of rain is 5 ms^-1. At angle with vertical should he keep his umbrella when he is at rest so that he does not getb drenched ? .

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SOLUTION :Velocity of rain w.r.t man
`vec v_(r,m) = X hat j = vec v_r - vec v_m`
`vec v_m = 2 sqrt(3) [COS 30 hat i + sin 30 hat j]`
=`3 hat I + sqrt(3) hat j`
`vec v_r = -3 hat i + (x - sqrt(3)) hat j`
`5 = sqrt(3^2 + (x - sqrt(3))^2)`
`16 = (x - sqrt(3))2 rArr 4 + sqrt(3) = x`
`vec v_r = - 3 hat i + 4 hat j`
`tan theta = (3)/(4) rArr theta = 37^@`.


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