Question 152: Motion in 1D

Question

A bus is moving with a speed of 10 ms
$-$1
on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in 100 s. If the bus is at a distance of 1 km from the scooterist,  with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus ?

Accepted Answer

Relative velocity of the scooter with respect to the bus = (v
s
- 10)
$ 	herefore $ ${{1000} \over {{v_s} - 10}}$ = 100
$ \Rightarrow $ v
s
= 20 m/s

Answer

40 m s
$-$1

Answer

25 m s
$-$1

Answer

10 m s
$-$1

Answer

20 m s
$-$1

Motion in 1D

A bus is moving with a speed of 10 ms -1 on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in 100 s. If the bus is at a distance of 1 km from the scooterist, with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus ?

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