Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 3, Problem 94GP
You are driving south on a highway at 25 m/s (approximately 55 mi/h) in a snowstorm. When you last stopped, you noticed that the snow was coming down vertically, but it is passing the windows of the moving car at an angle of 37° to the horizontal. Estimate the speed of the snowflakes relative to the car and relative to the ground.
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