
A person walks up a stationary escalator in second. If he remains stationary on the escalator, then it can take him up in second. If the length of the escalator is , then
(a) Determine the speed of man with respect to the escalator.
(b) Determine the speed of the escalator.
(c) How much time would it take him to walk up the moving escalator?

Important Questions on Kinematics I


A police van moving on a highway with a speed of fires a bullet at a thief's car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of . If the muzzle speed of the bullet is , with what speed does the bullet hit the thief's car?

On a two-lane road, car is travelling at a speed of . Two cars and approach car in opposite directions with a speed of . At a certain instant, when the distance is equal to , both decided to overtake before does. What minimum acceleration of car is required to avoid an accident?


Two particles and are thrown vertically upward with velocity, and , respectively ). Find separation between them after .

A ball is thrown downwards with a speed of from the top of a building high and simultaneously another ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of from the foot of the building. Find the time after which both the balls will meet.

