Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
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ISBN: 9780073398242
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14.1, Problem 14.6P
A 180-lb man and a 120-lb woman stand side by side at the same end of a 300-lb boat, ready to dive, each with a 16-ft/s velocity relative to the boat. Determine the velocity of the boat after they have both dived, if (a) the woman dives first, (b) the man dives first.
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In Prob. 14.6, determine the work done by the woman and by the man as each dives from the boat, assuming that the woman dives first.Reference to Problem 14.6:
14.6 A 180-lb man and a 120-lb woman stand side by side at the same end
of a 300-lb boat, ready to dive, each with a 16-ft/s velocity relative
to the boat. Determine the velocity of the boat after they have both
dived, if (a) the woman dives first, (b) the man dives first.
A 180-lb man and a 120-lb woman stand at opposite ends of a 300-lb boat, ready to dive, each with a 16-ft/s velocity relative to the boat. Determine the velocity of the boat after they have both dived, if (a) the woman dives first, (b) the man dives first.
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