Two objects move relative to each other (e.g., trains passing, swimmer crossing a river), and the question asks for relative speed, observed passing time, or displacement due to relative motion.
Two particles start simultaneously from the same point and move along two straight lines, one with uniform velocity $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{u}}$ and the other from rest with uniform acceleration $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{f}}$. Let $\alpha$ be the angle between their directions of motion. The relative velocity of the second particle w.r.t. the first is least after a time. (1) $\frac{u\cos\alpha}{f}$ (2) $\frac{u\sin\alpha}{f}$ (3) $\frac{f\cos\alpha}{u}$ (4) $u\sin\alpha$
A passenger train of length $60 m$ travels at a speed of $80 \mathrm {~km} / \mathrm { hr }$. Another freight train of length $120 m$ travels at a speed of $30 \mathrm {~km} / \mathrm { hr }$. The ratio of times taken by the passenger train to completely cross the freight train when: (i) they are moving in the same direction, and (ii) in the opposite directions is: (1) $\frac { 5 } { 2 }$ (2) $\frac { 3 } { 2 }$ (3) $\frac { 11 } { 5 }$ (4) $\frac { 25 } { 11 }$
Two trains $A$ and $B$ of length $l$ and $4l$ are travelling into a tunnel of length $L$ in parallel tracks from opposite directions with velocities $108 \mathrm{~km~h}^{-1}$ and $72 \mathrm{~km~h}^{-1}$, respectively. If train $A$ takes 35 s less time than train $B$ to cross the tunnel then, length $L$ of tunnel is: (Given $L = 60l$) (1) 1200 m (2) 900 m (3) 1800 m (4) 2700 m