Rain drops falling with actual velocity 5m/s on a windy day appear to fall vertically down on a man moving east with speed 3m/s if the man reverses his direction with the same speed the raindrops will fall on him with a speed of?

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|dw:1338215341106:dw| In given figure Vm=3m/s is velocity of man. Vr is velocity of rain, Vr-Vm=4m/s is velocity of rain wrt man.. Calculate Vr (velocity of rain).. and then Find Vr-(-Vm).. We use -Vm since the direction of man's motion is reversed..