The script for an action movie calls for a small race car (of mass 1800 kg and l

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The script for an action movie calls for a small race car (of mass 1800 kg and length 2.7 m) to accelerate along a flat-top boat (of mass 4000 kg and length 11 m), from one end of the boat to the other, where the car will then jump the gap between the boat and a somewhat lower dock. You are the technical advisor for the movie. The boat will initially touch the dock, as in Figure 9-81; the boat can slide through the water without significant resistance; both the car and the boat can be approximated as uniform in their mass distribution. Determine what the width of the gap will be just as the car is about to make the jump.

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5.181 m

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