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A man is in a boat out away from shore. The mass of the man and the boat is 188 kg. The boat is not moving. The man throws and anchor with a mass of 22 kg straight out from the boat with a speed of 13.8 m/s. What is the resulting speed of the boat?

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22*13.8 - 188 v = 0
v = 1.61 m/s

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