A boy with a mass of 40.0 kg stands in an 80-kg boat that has a end of 6.00 m. He walks a distance of 4.00 m from a point of 1.00 m on one end of the boat. How far did the boat move during this process? Ignore air resistance of the motion of the boat in the water.

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A boy with a mass of 40.0 kg stands in an 80-kg boat that has a end of 6.00 m. He walks a distance of 4.00 m from a point of 1.00 m on one end of the boat. How far did the boat move during this process? Ignore air resistance of the motion of the boat in the water.

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