GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 Shift 2 Solved Paper

The rod AB, of length 1 m, shown in the figure is connected to two sliders at each end through pins. The sliders can slide along QP and QR. If the velocity V_A of the slider at A is 2 m/s, the velocity of the midpoint of the rod at this instant is _________ m/s.