RELATIVE velocity

Q. if 3 particles A,B,C of equal mass are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC,and at same instant all start moving with speed v ,such that at any instant velocity of A is always directed towards B;vel of B is always directed towards C; and vel of C is always directed towards A.
what will be the trajectory followed by the particle(A,B or C),considering any of the vertices as the ORIGIN)?

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Euclid ·

obviously it's going to be a spiral one!!!

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Vivek @ Born this Way ·

Oh friend. You should get a clear concept of this problem from HC verma or your teacher. It's among those questions which are always discussed by a teacher.

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AKHIL ·

yup the path is going to be a spiral towards the centroid of the triangle.

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samagra Kr ·

but the answer was some kind of EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

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qwerty ·

http://www.targetiit.com/iit-jee-forum/posts/find-trajectory-17107.html

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jee12 ·

i hope such ques don;t come in JEE

or i'll die seeeing the paper

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venkateshan ·

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