Gilligan has a mass of 50 kg. His boat, the S. S. Minnow is 4 meters long and has a mass of 500 kg. As Gilligan walks from the stern (back) to the bow (front) of the boat, he notices that the boat starts moving backwards. When he stops walking at the bow, the boat stops moving. If Gilligan walked the full 4 meters from stern to bow, how far did the Minnow move?

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To solve this problem we can use the concept of conservation of momentum When Gilligan walks from the stern to the bow he imparts a forward momentum t... View the full answer