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A ship is moving at a constant speed of 10kmhr in the direction of the unit vector i^. Initially, its position vector, relative to a fixed origin is 10-i^+j^ where i^ & j^ are perpendicular vectors of length 1km. Find its position vector relative to the origin at time t hours later. A second ship is moving with constant speed u kmhr-1 parallel to the vector i^+2j^ and is initially at the origin.

(i) If u=105 kmh-1. Find the minimum distance between the ships and the corresponding value of t

(ii) Find the value of u for which the ships are on a collision course and determine the value of t at which the collision would occur if no avoiding action were taken.

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A balloon starts ascending from the ground at a constant speed of 25ms-1. After 5s, a bullet is shot vertically upward from the ground.

(i) What should be the minimum speed of the bullet so that it may reach the balloon?

(ii) The bullet is shot at twice the speed calculated in (i). Find the height at which it passes the balloon.

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Two bodies move towards each other in a straight line at initial velocities v1 & v2 & with constant accelerations a1 & a2 directed against the corresponding velocities at the initial instant. What must be the maximum initial separation lmax between the bodies for which they meet during the motion?
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A helicopter takes off along the vertical with an acceleration of 3 m s-2 & zero initial velocity. In a certain time, the pilot switches off the engine. At the point of take-off, the sound dies away in 30 s. Determine the velocity of the helicopter at the moment when its engine is switched off, assuming the velocity of sound is 320 m s-1.
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Two swimmers start a race. One who reaches the point C first on the other bank wins the race. A makes his strokes in a direction of 37° to the river flow with velocity 5kmhr-1 relative to water. B makes his strokes in a direction 127° to the river flow with same relative velocity. River is flowing with speed of 2 kmhr-1 and is 100m wide. Who will win the race? Compute the time taken by A and B to reach the point C if the speed of A and B on the ground are 8 kmhr-1 and 6 kmhr-1 respectively.

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A swimmer starts to swim from point A to cross a river. He wants to reach point B on the opposite side of the river. The line AB makes an angle 60° with the river flow as shown. The velocity of the swimmer in still water is same as that of the water

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 (i) In what direction should he try to direct his velocity? Calculate angle between his velocity and river velocity.

(ii) Find the ratio of the time taken to cross the river in this situation to the minimum time in which he can cross this river.

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Hailstones falling vertically with speed of 10ms-1 hit the windscreen of a moving car and rebound elastically. Find the velocity of the car if the driver find the hailstones rebound vertically after striking. Windscreen makes an angle 30° with the horizontal.
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A shell is fired from a point O at an angle of 60° with a speed of 40ms-1 & it strikes a horizontal plane through O, at a point A. The gun is fired a second time with the same angle of elevation but a different speed v. If hits the target which starts to rise vertically from A with a constant speed 93 ms-1 at the same instant as the shell is fired, find v.
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Two inclined planes OA and OB having inclinations 30° and 60° respectively, intersect each other at O as in figure. A particle is projected from point P with velocity u=103 ms-1 along a direction perpendicular to plane OA. If the particle strikes the plane OB perpendicularly at Q. Calculate

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(i) Time of flight.

(ii) Velocity with which particle strikes the plane OB.

(iii) Vertical height of P from O

(iv) Maximum height from O attained by the particle.

(v) Distance PQ.