Question

A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100
m. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also
starts running. If the speed of thief be 4 kmh"
1
and that of
the policeman 10 kmh
1
, how far will the thief have to run
before he is caught?

Answer 1

why did you close i t?

Answer 2

i want to post another question so i closed it.i will post it once again sorry

Answer 3

ok

Answer 4

A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100
m. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also
starts running. If the speed of thief be 4 kmh"
1
and that of
the policeman 10 kmh
1
, how far will the thief have to run
before he is caught?

Answer 5

Ok this question is to do with relative speed, there are two main types of object relativity, one is absolute we use division and the other is relative we use addition/subtraction

Answer 6

In your case the police is chasing the thief so they are both on the same direction, therefore the relative speed would be the P-T

Answer 7

so 10km/hr - 4km.hr= 6km.hr

Answer 8

the thief was spotted at 100m, hence 100m/6000m/hr=1/60hr, this means that 10Km/hr x 1/60hr=1/6 km

Answer 9

which is about 166 m

Answer 10

@mathsmind giving direct worked out answers is against openstudy code of conduct .Refer http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct . Instead help the asker get to the solution being a guide along the process.

Answer 11

I think it is better to keep the comment relevant to the question. But.. I'm sorry that I am leaving some comments irrelevant to the question pooja123 posted.

@mathsmind While we appreciate your intention to help, it is better to guide the user rather than doing all the work yourself. At least the asker can take part in the problem solving and hopefully, would learn something rather than just look at the last line and get the answer. (I am *not* referring to the asker of this question). If you think that this site started with a good and right intention, why not keep doing the right thing?

@pooja123 It's okay, don't worry :)

If anyone wants to continue with this discussion (about giving the entire solution), please post it in the Feedback group. Thank you!

Answer 12

yes read all of my answers my friend, in all my posts, i go step by step, and i am not the only one who does that, so why me among all?

Answer 13

read the step by step guide through solution please @Callisto

Answer 14

This site has people in place to encourage the users to conduct themselves in a "proper" manner. If the askers do not participate in the solution process, then there is no point in continuing to hand over the answers. This is not a free answering service, it is a study site to help promote growth and learning through real time interactions.

Any static webpage can give a step by step result that can be googled. Lets try to use the strengths of this site for growth and learning :)

Answer 15

^^best said :)

Answer 16

yes my friend read the step by step answer and judge with justice not with hearing

Answer 17

A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 meters.

When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. (so they both start at the same time)

)If the speed of thief be 4 kmh and that of the policeman 10 kmh, how far will the thief have to run before he is caught?

when the time is the same is my first idea

Answer 18

can you tell me what you think a good equation or relationship would be to solve this?

Answer 19

i went through the process

Answer 20

read my answer it up there i am not going to resolve it

Answer 21

it's*

Answer 22

i told u its relative speed

Answer 23

this is an example of how you elicit a response and engage the asker ... if they are willing to participate, then you carry on ....