Romeo (76.5kg) entertains Juliet (53.2kg) by playing his guitar from the rear of their boat at rest in still water, 2.93m away from Juliet who is in the front of the boat. After the serenade, Juliet carefully moves to the rear of the boat (away from shore) to plant a kiss on Romeo's cheek. How far does the 86.6kg boat move toward the shore it is facing?

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To solve this problem we can use the principle of conservation of momentum which states that the tot... View the full answer