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A 300 Kg motorboat is turned off as it approaches a dock and it coasts in toward the dock at 0.50 m/s. Isaac, whose mass is 62.0 Kg, jumps off the front of the boat with a speed of 3.0 m/s relative to the boat. What is the velocity of the boat after Isaac jumps?

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Posted on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:07:55PM

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= 181 kg m/s

Momentum of the boat after Isaac jumps
= Mass of Isaac x Velocity of Isaac + Mass of boat x Velocity of the boat ...

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Posted on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:14:26PM

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Total final momentum = 300v + 186 kgm/s

From Conservation of momentum principle, w ...

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