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An 80 kg hunter gets a rope around a 400 kg polar bear. They are stationary and on frictionless level ice, initially 60 m apart. When the hunter pulls the polar bear to him, the polar bear will move:
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An 80 kg hunter gets a rope around a 400 kg

polar bear. They are stationary and on frictionless level ice, initially 60 m apart.

When the hunter pulls the polar bear to
him, the polar bear will move:

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Im thinking the polar bear will not move, because of the huge mass differences. Instead, the hunter will experience his feet sliding out from under him.
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