A thief is running away on a straight road on a jeep moving with a speed of $9 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. A…

A thief is running away on a straight road on a jeep moving with a speed of $9 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. A police man chases him on a motor cycle moving at a speed of $10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. If the instantaneous separation of jeep from the motor cycle is $100 \mathrm{~m}$, how long time (in sec) will it take for the police man to catch the thief?
  1. 110
  2. 120
  3. 130
  4. 100

Solution

Relative speed of police with respect to thief $=10-9=1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$
Instantaneous separation $=100 \mathrm{~m}$
Time $=\frac{\text { Distance }}{\text { Velocity }}=\frac{100}{1}=100 \mathrm{sec}$

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