How not to move a boat...
Classical Mechanics
Level
1
A 50kg woman standing on a stationary 25kg boat throws a 0.5kg ball with a velocity of 50m/s. How fast does the boat move after the woman throws the ball (to 1 decimal place) in m/s?
Details and assumptions: Ignore friction
The answer is 0.3.
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1 solution
he said that there is no friction ,then how does the boat move if there is no friction between the person and the boat. so the ans should be 0