A man on a rectilinearly moving cart, facing the direction of motion, throws a ball straight up with respect to himself

  • A

    The ball will always return to him

  • B

    The ball will fall behind him if the cart moves with some acceleration

  • C

    The ball will return to him if the cart moves with constant velocity

  • D

    Both $(B)$ and $(C)$

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A river is flowing due east with a speed $3\, ms^{-1}$. A swimmer can swim in still water at a speed of $4\, ms^{-1}$ (figure).

$(a)$ If swimmer starts swimming due north, what will be his resultant velocity (magnitude and direction) ?

$(b)$ If he wants to start from point A on south bank and reach opposite point $B$ on north bank,

       $(i)$ Which direction should he swim ?
       $(ii)$ What will be his resultant speed ?

$(c)$ From two different cases as mentioned in $(a)$ and $(b)$ above, in which case will he reach opposite bank in shorter time ?

Which physical quantity can be found by first differntiation and second differentiation of position vector ?