Asked by twana

an 85kg fisherman jumps from a dock into a 135kg rowboat at rest on the west side of the dock, if the velocity of the fisherman is 4.3m/s to the west as he lives the dock, what is the final velocity of the fisherman and the boat?
Answered by Steve
momentum of the system is conserved, so (ignoring the very real resistance of the water)

4.3*85 = (85+135)v
v = 1.66 m/s
Answered by K
why are the man and the boat's final velocity the same?
Answered by Anonymous
The fisherman is jumping into the boat so their masses become combined as they are one "object".
Answered by Anonymous
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