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A motorcycle travelling at 120 kilometers per hour on the highway passes a car travelling at 90 kilometers per hour. What is the motorcycle's speed as seen from the perspective of a car passenger?


PRADEEP KUMAR 17th Nov, 2021
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PRADEEP KUMAR 17th Nov, 2021

Let us denote the motorcycle's velocity as VA and the car's velocity as VB.


VAB = VA – VB 


We get VAB = 120 km/h – 90 km/h = 30 km/h by substituting the variables in the above equation.


As a result, the motorcycle's relative velocity to the car's passenger is 30 km/h.

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