A 70-kg man and a 50-kg woman are in a 60-kg boat when its motor fails. The

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A 70-kg man and a 50-kg woman are in a 60-kg boat when its motor fails. The man dives into the water with a horizontal speed of 3 m/s in order to swim ashore. If he changes his mind, can he swim back to the boat if his swimming speed is 1 m/s? If not, can the woman change the boat’s motion enough by diving off it at 3 m/s in the opposite direction? Could she then return to the boat herself if her swimming speed is also 1 m/s? 

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The Physical Universe

ISBN: 978-0077862619

16th edition

Authors: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser

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