You are on a large boat that pulls up alongside a dock, and you jump off the boat onto the dock. Later you make the same jump by pushing off with identical force as you jump from a small canoe with a much smaller mass than the large boat. Which one of the following statements is true? a. Momentum is larger when you jump off the canoe compared to when you jump off the large boat. b. Momentum is smaller when you jump off the canoe compared to when you jump off the large boat. c. The canoe will move away from you at higher speed than the large boat as you jump, due to conservation of momentum. d. The canoe will move away from you at lower speed than the large boat as you jump, due to conservation of momentum. e. Momentum is zero in both cases. f. The large boat will have zero momentum after the jump.
You are on a large boat that pulls up alongside a dock, and you jump off the boat onto the dock. Later you make the same jump by pushing off with identical force as you jump from a small canoe with a much smaller mass than the large boat.
Which one of the following statements is true?
a. Momentum is larger when you jump off the canoe compared to when you jump off the large boat.
b. Momentum is smaller when you jump off the canoe compared to when you jump off the large boat.
c. The canoe will move away from you at higher speed than the large boat as you jump, due to conservation of momentum.
d. The canoe will move away from you at lower speed than the large boat as you jump, due to conservation of momentum.
e. Momentum is zero in both cases.
f. The large boat will have zero momentum after the jump.
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