A person is sitting at the very back of a canoe of length L, when the front just bumps into the dock. show answer No Attempt 50%

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A person is sitting at the very back of a canoe of length L, when the front just bumps into the dock. show answer No Attempt 50%

Part (a) If the canoeist gets up and walks to the front of the canoe and there is no friction between the boat and the water, how far will they be from the dock

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Pavel [41] · Answer 1 · 2023-06-17T14:13:08+03:00

The distance of the canoeist from the dock is equal to length of the canoe, L.

<h3>Conservation of linear momentum</h3>

The principle of conservation of linear momentum states that the total momentum of an isolated system is always conserved.

v(m₁ + m₂) = m₁v₁ + m₂v₂

where;

v is the velocity of the canoeist and the canoe when they are together

u₁ is the velocity of the canoe
u₂ velocity of the canoeist
m₁ mass of the canoe
m₂ mass of the canoeist

<h3>Distance traveled by the canoeist</h3>

The distance traveled by the canoeist from the back of the canoe to the front of the canoe is equal to the length of the canoe.

Thus, the distance of the canoeist from the dock is equal to length of the canoe, L.

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