(C) have the same heat capacity
Answer: 
Explanation:
The equation to calculate the center of mass
of a particle system is:

In this case we can arrange for one dimension, assuming the geometric center of the Earth and the ladder are on a line, and assuming original center of mass located at the Earth's geometric center:

Where:
is the mass of the Earth
is the mass of 1 billion people
is the radius of the Earth
is the distance between the center of the Earth and the position of the people (2 m above the Earth's surface)

This is the displacement of Earth's center of mass from the original center.
Answer:
a) puck is subjected to both the forces of the hockey sticks in a horizontal direction,
b)the puck does not move since the sum of the forces is zero
c) changing the magnitude or direction of its applied force
Explanation:
a) The puck is subjected to both the forces of the hockey sticks in a horizontal direction, these forces are of equal magnitude and opposite direction since the puck is at rest.
In the direction of the y-axis (perpendicular to the ice) you have the weight of the disk and the normal to this weight that are also in equilibrium.
b) the puck does not move since the sum of the forces is zero, which implies that the forces of the hockey sticks are of equal magnitude and opposite direction.
c) the player has several ways to make the puck move
* slightly changing the angle of the club and therefore the direction of the force, in this case the disc comes out in the direction of this component
* inclined the stick slightly so that the force has a vertical component and the puck jumps in this direction
* Increasing the magnitude of the force so that the puck comes out in the opposite direction to the player
* The worst case, decreasing its force to zero and the disk comes out in its direction by the other force that had the same magnitude.
Hello!
I included a link that might help you in terms of how the problem is broken down.
https://www.slader.com/discussion/question/a-tank-is-shaped-like-an-upside-down-square-pyramid-with-base-of-4m-by-4m-and-a-height-of-12m-how-fa/
However, the answer is:
The height increases at 3/2 m/sec