A car with a vertical windshield moves in a rain storm at a speed of $40 \,km / hr$. The rain drops fall vertically with constant speed of $20 \,m / s$. The angle at which rain drops strike the windshield is .........

  • A

    $\tan ^{-1} \frac{5}{9}$

  • B

    $\tan ^{-1} \frac{9}{5}$

  • C

    $\tan ^{-1} \frac{3}{2}$

  • D

    $\tan ^{-1} \frac{2}{3}$

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