Q123 / 160 · TS EAMCET 2019 (03 May Shift 2) · Physics
A boy runs on a horizontal road with a speed of while it is raining. He sees that the rain is making an angle with the vertical while running from west to east. However, when he runs from east to west, the angle is . The rain is pouring down at an angle with the vertical and at a speed of as shown in the figure. The ratio is,
- A
- Correct answerB
- C
- D
Solution
Given,
Velocity of boy, and
Velocity of rain, .
Velocity of rain with respect to boy is ..
When the boy runs from east to west:

When the boy runs from east to west:

From and ,
,
.
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.