The apparent direction of rain to a moving observer is determined by the relative velocity between the rain and the observer. The direction from which the rain appears to come is opposite to the direction of the relative velocity vector.
Rain is falling vertically downwards. To a man running east-wards, the rain will appear to be coming from
Asked in KPSC KAS Prelims 2014 · Topic: Mechanics (Newton's Laws of Motion and their applications)
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