A car travels 10m/s east. Another car travels10 m/s north.The relative speed of the first car with respect to the second is(a) less than 20m/s(b) exactly 20m/s(c) more than 20 m/s.

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A car travels 10m/s east. Another car travels10 m/s north.
The relative speed of the first car with respect to the second is
(a) less than 20m/s
(b) exactly 20m/s
(c) more than 20 m/s.

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