Question

a 10 kg boy standing in a 40 kg boat floating on water is 20m from the shore of the river. if the boy moves 8m on the boat towards the shore, then how far is the boat now from the shore.assume no fricion between water and boat.

Answer 1

there won't be any change in distance

Answer 2

I think the distance between the shore and the boat will not change as the boy moved on the boat itself