Relative Velocity-Please Help me out

Raindrops are falling with a speed of 5 m s -1 at an angle of 37° with the vertical. A man is climbing down a plane of inclination 30° with the horizontal, holding the umbrella vertically up to protect himself. Find the speed of man.

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Aditya Bhutra ·

horizontal relative velocity of man w.r.t. rain =0

thus Vman = Vrain*sin37 = 3m/s

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Anik Chatterjee ·

i think horizontal velocity of rain w.r.t man is 0.
anyways......got it...thanx

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