Question

You are stranded in a stationary boat. Your friend is on a dock, but the boat is just beyond his reach. There is a 5 kg anchor in the boat. You'd like to get the boat to move closer to the dock so your friend can rescue you. Select from the following list what effect each change will have on the position of the boat relative to the dock. A. The boat will move closer to the dock. B. The boat will move away from the dock. C. The position of the boat relative to the dock will not change.

Answer 1

running away and launching the anchor that will give a greater speed towards the dock v₄.

Step-by-step explanation:

To try to bring the boat closer to the dock, several cases can be carried out.

* move inside the ship so that the center of mass changes and since moving away you have a speed v, the ship will approach the dock at a speed v₂,

* Throw the anchor in the opposite direction to the dock so that using the conservation of the moment the boat moves towards it, it moves at a speed v₃

* A combination of the two processes running away and launching the anchor that will give a greater speed towards the dock v₄.

In all cases, the friction must be zero.

All other movements move the ship away from the dock