A(n) 685 N man stands in the middle of a
frozen pond of radius 14.6 m. He is unable to get to the other side because of a
lack of friction between his shoes and the
ice. To overcome this difficulty, he throws his
1.3 kg physics textbook horizontally toward
the north shore, at a speed of 5 m/s.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s
2
.
How long does it take him to reach the
south shore?
Answer in units of s
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