Objects A and B are at the origin. If object A moves to (-4 ,7 ) and object B moves to (6 ,-5 ) over 3 s, what is the relative velocity of object B from the perspective of object A? Assume that all units are denominated in meters.

1 Answer
Apr 10, 2017

The relative velocity is =<10/3,-4>

Explanation:

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The absolute velocity of A is

vecv_A=1/3<-4,7>=<-4/3,7/3>

The absolute velocity of B is

vecv_B=1/3<6,-5>=<6/3,-5/3>

The relative velocity of B with respect to A is

vecv_(B//A)=vecv_B-vecv_A

=<6/3,-5/3> - <-4/3,7/3>

=<10/3,-12/3>