A boy throws a ball horizontally with a speed of v0 = 12 m/s from the Gandhi Setu bridge C of Patna in an effort to hit the top surface AB of a truck travelling directly underneath the boy on the bridge. If the truck maintains a constant speed u = 15 m/s, and the ball is projected at the instant B on the top of the truck appears at point C, determine the position s where the ball strikes the top of the truck.
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Ans. 3.84 m
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