
Find the time an aeroplane having velocity takes to fly around a square with side if the wind is blowing at a velocity along one side of the square.

Important Questions on Kinematics II
To a man running upwards on the hill, the rain appears to fall vertically downwards with . The velocity vector of the man with respect to earth is if the man starts running down the hill at the same speed, then determine the relative speed of the rain with respect to man.

An aeroplane flies along a straight path to returns back again. The distance between and is and the aeroplane maintains the constant speed with respect to the wind. There is a steady wind with a speed at an angle with line . Determine the expression for the total time of the trip.

A pilot is supposed to fly a certain distance , due east from to and then due west from to . The velocity of plane is and that of air is . The time for the round trip is in still air. Show that
(a) If the air velocity be due east or west, the time for the round trip will be
(b) if the air velocity is due north or south, the time for a round trip will be

Wind blows with a velocity in the direction shown in the figure. Two aeroplanes start out from point and fly with a constant speed . The first flies from to . Both of them return to . If , which plane will return to point first, and what will be the ratio of the times of flight of the two planes?

Two ships are apart on a line joining south to north. The one farther north is streaming west at . The other is streaming north at . What is their distance of the closest approach? How long do they take to reach it?


A man directly crosses a river in time and swims down the current at a distance equal to the width of the river in time . If and be the speed of the current and the man, respectively, show that .

