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A car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of focal length 20 ~cm. A second car 2.8 ~m behind the first car is overtaking the first car at…

JEE Main 2011 — Physics Optics

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A car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of focal length 20 cm20 \mathrm{~cm}20 cm. A second car 2.8 m2.8 \mathrm{~m}2.8 m behind the first car is overtaking the first car at relative speed of 15 m/s15 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}15 m/s. The speed of the image of the second car as seen in the mirror of the first one is :

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Held on 30 Apr 2011 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    115 m/s\frac{1}{15} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}151​ m/s

  2. B

    10 m/s10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}10 m/s

  3. C

    15 m/s15 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}15 m/s

  4. D

    110 m/s\frac{1}{10} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}101​ m/s

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