When a car is at rest,its driver sees rain drops falling on it vertically. When driving the car with speed $v$,he sees that rain drops are coming at an angle $60^{\circ}$ from the horizontal. On further increasing the speed of the car to $(1+\beta)v$,this angle changes to $45^{\circ}$. The value of $\beta$ is close to...

$A$ 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 the swimmer starts swimming due north,what will be his resultant velocity (magnitude and direction)?
$(b)$ If he wants to start from point $A$ on the south bank and reach the opposite point $B$ on the north bank,
$(i)$ In which direction should he swim?
$(ii)$ What will be his resultant speed?
$(c)$ From the two different cases as mentioned in $(a)$ and $(b)$ above,in which case will he reach the opposite bank in a shorter time?

$A$ man can swim with a speed of $4.0 \; km/h$ in still water. How long does he take to cross a river $1.0 \; km$ wide if the river flows steadily at $3.0 \; km/h$ and he makes his strokes normal to the river current? How far down the river does he go when he reaches the other bank?

$A$ river $200 \,m$ wide is flowing at a rate of $3.0 \,m/s$. $A$ boat is sailing at a velocity of $15 \,m/s$ with respect to the water in a direction perpendicular to the river. How far from the point directly opposite to the starting point does the boat reach on the opposite bank (in $\,m$)?

$A$ steam boat goes across a lake and comes back: $(i)$ on a quiet day when the water is still and $(ii)$ on a rough day when there is a uniform current so as to help the journey onward and to impede the journey back. If the speed of the launch,on both days,was same,the time required for the complete journey on the rough day as compared to that on the quiet day,will be

Rain is falling vertically with a speed of $30 \,m/s$. A man rides a bicycle with a speed of $10 \,m/s$ from East to West direction. At what angle with the vertical does he see the rain falling?