Objects A and B are at the origin. If object A moves to (4,3) and object B moves to (5,8) over 8s, what is the relative velocity of object B from the perspective of object A? Assume that all units are denominated in meters.

1 Answer
Sep 21, 2017

The relative velocity is =<98,118>ms1

Explanation:

enter image source here

The absolute velocity of A is vA=18<4,3>=<12,38>ms1

The absolute velocity of B is vB=18<5,8>=<58,1>ms1

The relative velocity of B with respect to A is

vB/A=vBvA=<58,1><12,38>

=<(58+12),(1+38)>

=<98,118>ms1