A bus is moving at a speed of 10 ms⁻¹ on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in 100 s. If the bus is at a distance of 1 km from the scooterist, with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus?
20 ms⁻¹
40 ms⁻¹
25 ms⁻¹
10 ms⁻¹
Identify Given Values: Velocity of the bus, m/s. Time to overtake, s. Distance to cover (relative displacement), km = 1000 m. Let the velocity of the scooterist be .
Relative Velocity Concept: Since the scooterist is chasing the bus to overtake it, both are moving in the same direction. The relative velocity of the scooterist with respect to the bus () is the difference between their velocities .
Kinematic Equation: The relative distance is covered with the relative velocity in the given time.
Calculation:
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