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Two boys in a canoe toss a baseball back and forth. What effect will this have on the canoe?

a) None, because the ball remains in the canoe.

b) The canoe will drift in the direction of the boy who throws the ball harder each time.

c) The canoe will drift in the direction of the boy who throws the ball with less force each time.

d) The canoe will move back and forth always moving opposite to the ball.

e) The canoe will move back and forth always moving in the direction of the ball.

(Please answer with details of explanation, included formula can be applied if necessary).

Explanation / Answer

d) The canoe will move back and forth always moving opposite to the ball.

According to conservation of momentum

               0 =    m1v1 + m2 v2

            m1v1 = - m2 v2

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