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A police inspector in a jeep is chasing a pickpocket on a straight road. The jeep is going at its maximum speed v (assume it to be uniform). The pickpocket rides on the motorcycle of a waiting friend. When the jeep is at a distance d away, and the motorcycle starts with a constant acceleration a. Show that the pickpocket will be caught if v≥√2ad. |
| Answer» A police inspector in a jeep is chasing a pickpocket on a straight road. The jeep is going at its maximum speed v (assume it to be uniform). The pickpocket rides on the motorcycle of a waiting friend. When the jeep is at a distance d away, and the motorcycle starts with a constant acceleration a. Show that the pickpocket will be caught if v≥√2ad. | |