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Answer: Why does vertically falling rain make slanted
Chapter 5, Problem 40E(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 40E
Why does vertically falling rain make slanted streaks on the side windows of a moving automobile? If the streaks make an angle of 45°, what does this tell you about the relative speed of the car and the falling rain?
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QUESTION:
Problem 40E
Why does vertically falling rain make slanted streaks on the side windows of a moving automobile? If the streaks make an angle of 45°, what does this tell you about the relative speed of the car and the falling rain?
ANSWER:
The velocity vectors of rain and car add,making a vector at an angle from the vertical then we can rain steaks on side window.here velocity vectors rain and car are perpendicular to each other.