Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Student on Monday, September 3, 2007 at 5:33pm.

A person looking out the window of a stationary train notices that raindrops are falling vertically down at a speed of 8.2 m/s relative to the ground. When the train moves at a constant velocity, the raindrops make an angle of 62° when they move past the window. How fast is the train moving?

Physics - bobpursley, Monday, September 3, 2007 at 8:39pm
Wouldn't tan 62= V/6.2

Of course, it is not clear how the angle is measured, either to the vertical or horizontal.
Physics - bobpursley, Monday, September 3, 2007 at 8:40pm
opps, typo, tan 62=V/8.2
Physics - Anonymous, Monday, September 17, 2007 at 10:57pm
15.42

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