Question

When rain falls vertically downwards, the front screen of a moving car gets wet while the back screen remains dry.

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question comes from Acceleration due to Gravity topic in section Laws of Motion of Engineering Physics I

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

To elaborate: When the rain is falling vertically downwards, the front screen of a moving car gets wet while back screen remains dry. This is because the rain strikes the car in the direction of relative velocity of rain with respect to the car.