A jet airplane travelling at the speed of \(500~\text{km/h}\) ejects its products of combustion at the speed of \(1500~\text{km/h}\) relative to the jet plane. What is the speed of the latter with respect to an observer on the ground?
1. \(1000~\text{km/h}\)
2. \(500~\text{km/h}\)
3. \(1500~\text{km/h}\)
4. \(2000~\text{km/h}\)
A police van moving on a highway with a speed of fires a bullet at a thief’s car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of . If the muzzle speed of the bullet is with what speed does the bullet hit the thief’s car?
On a long horizontally moving belt (as shown in the figure) a child runs to and fro with a speed (with respect to the belt) between his father and mother located 50 m apart on the moving belt. The belt moves with a speed of . For an observer on a stationary platform outside, what is the speed of the child running in the direction of motion of the belt?
1. 5 kmh-1
2. \(\sqrt{41}\) kmh-1
3. 21 kmh-1
4. 13 kmh-1