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Question

A 500 kg boat has an initial speed of 10 ms-1 as it passes under a bridge. At that instant a 50 kg man jumps straight down into the boat from the bridge. The speed of the boat after the man and boat attain a common speed is

Options

A.ms-1
B.ms-1
C.ms-1
D.ms-1

Solution

500 × 10 = 550 × v
v = m/s

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