1I think the boat will move towards left w.r.t to water....for no displacement of center of mass. if not so then explain the answer.
Explain what will happen in order of occurance
A boat has 2 passengers. On the left is a heavy man with weight 100kg.
On the right is a light person with weight 10kg.
They interchange their position by walking on the boat.
Explain how the boat will move wrt the water! (not the center of mass of the system!)
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1yes this is correct. The boat will be to the left at the end of the whole thing.
But does it mean that it will always keep moving left? and also what will be the velocity during this period? (not that this is extraordinarily tough!)
1it wont go on moving... the movement of boat will just be to compensate movement of centre of mass. velocity we cant say.... for that we need time or velocity of the persons and boat length..
1became a little nostalgic....... [3]
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