Question

A man is standing on a boat in still water. If he walks towards the shore, then the boat will *

1 point

move away from the shore

move towards the shore

remain stationary

none of these​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Let us consider the man and boat to be systems. Then we can observe that no external force is acting on the system. Hence by applying Newton's third law of motion if the man is walking towards the shore which is in water then the boat will move away from the shore

No external force acts on the 'man+boat' system when the man walks on the boat in still water, so the center of mass of the system remains at rest. In order to do so, the boat move away from the shore when the man walks towards the shore