$A$ stationary man observes that the rain is falling vertically downward. When he starts running with a velocity of $12 \ km/h$,he observes that the rain is falling at an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with the vertical. The actual velocity of the rain is:

$A$ swimmer crosses a river of width $d$ flowing at velocity $v$. While swimming,he heads himself always at an angle of $120^{\circ}$ with the river flow and on reaching the other end he finds a drift of $d/2$ in the direction of flow of river. The speed of the swimmer with respect to the river is

$A$ steamboat goes across a lake and comes back $(a)$ on a quiet day when the water is still and $(b)$ on a rough day when there is a uniform air current so as to help the journey onward and to impede the journey back. If the speed of the launch on both days was the same,in which case will it complete the journey in lesser time?

$A$ jet airplane travelling at the speed of $500 \; km \; h^{-1}$ ejects its products of combustion at the speed of $1500 \; km \; h^{-1}$ relative to the jet plane. What is the speed of the latter with respect to an observer on the ground?

Two particles having position vectors $r_1 = (3 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j}) \text{ m}$ and $r_2 = (-5 \hat{i} - 3 \hat{j}) \text{ m}$ are moving with velocities $v_1 = (4 \hat{i} + 3 \hat{j}) \text{ m/s}$ and $v_2 = (a \hat{i} + 7 \hat{j}) \text{ m/s}$. If they collide after $2 \text{ s}$,then the value of $a$ is:

The speed of a swimmer is $4\,km\,h^{-1}$ in still water. If the swimmer makes his strokes normal to the flow of a river of width $1\,km$,he reaches a point $750\,m$ downstream on the opposite bank. The speed of the river water is $.........\,km\,h^{-1}$.