Six particles situated at the comers of a regular hexagon of side (1) move at a
constant speed (v) each particle maintains a direction towards the particle at the next corner. The time taken by the particles to meet each other is
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A regular hexagon has a side a. Six particles situated at the corners of the hexagon are
moving with a constant speed v. As per the question, each particle maintains a direction towards the particle at the next corner. So, particles will meet at centroid O of triangle
. Now, at any instant, the particles will form an equilateral triangle
with the same centroid O. We know that P approaches
approaches R and so on.
Now, we will consider the motion of particle P. Its velocity makes an angle of
.
This component is the rate of decrease of distance PO.
Relative velocity between P and Q:


Time, 

Hence, the time taken by the particles to meet each other is
.
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