A 60.0-kg woman stands at one end of a 120-kg raft that is 6.0 m long. The
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(a) The woman walks toward the pier until she gets to the other end of the raft and stops there. Now what is the distance between the raft and the pier?
(b) In (a), how far did the woman walk (relative to the pier)?
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