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JEE PHYSICS MCQ: MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

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A motor cyclist is riding North in still air at 36 km/h\mathrm{km} / \mathrm{h}, the wind starts blowing westward with a velocity 18 km/h18 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}. The direction of apparent velocity is
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Correct option: A
tan⁡−112\tan ^{-1} \frac{1}{2} West of North
Option A (tan⁡−112\tan ^{-1} \frac{1}{2} West of North) is correct because the apparent velocity's direction is found by taking the arctangent of the ratio of the wind's velocity to the cyclist's velocity.

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