$A$ man who is running has half the kinetic energy of the boy of half his mass. The man speeds up by $1 \, m/s$ and then has the same kinetic energy as the boy. The original speed of the man was

  • A

    $\sqrt 2 \,m/s$

  • B

    $( \sqrt 2 - 1)\,m/s$

  • C

    $2\, m/s$

  • D

    $(\sqrt 2 + 1)\, m/s$

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