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Chapter 9 Problem 17

Question

In Fig. 9-45a, a 4.5 kg dog stands on an 18 kg flatboat at distance D ! 6.1 m from the shore. It walks 2.4 m along the boat toward shore and then stops. Assuming no friction between the boat and the water, find how far the dog is then from the shore.(Hint: See Fig.9-45b.)

Solution

Step 1 of 2

There is no net horizontal force on the dog-boat system, so their centre of mass does not move.

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Therefore

 

Which implies that the

 

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Title Fundamentals of Physics 10 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9781118230725

In Fig. 9-45a, a 4.5 kg dog stands on an 18 kg flatboat at

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