The script for an action movie calls for a small race car (of mass 1800 kg and length 3.5 m) to accelerate along a flat-top boat (of mass4500 kg and length 20 m), from one end of the boat to the other, where the car will then jump the gap between the boat and asomewhat lower dock. You are the technical advisor for the movie. The boat will initially touch the dock, as in the figure; the boat canslide through the water without significant resistance; both the car and the boat can be approximated as uniform in their massdistribution. Determine what the width of the gap will be just as the car is about to make the jump.Dock-Boat -NumberiUnits

Given mass of car, m1=1800 kgLength of car, L1=3.5 mMass of boat, m2=4500 kgLength of boat, L2=20 m

The script for an action movie calls for a small race car (of mass 1800 kg and length 3.5 m 4500 kg and length 20 m), from one end of the boat to the other, where the car will then somewhat lower dock. You are the technical advisor for the movie. The boat will initially slide through the water without significant resistance; both the car and the boat can be a distribution. Determine what the width of the gap will be just as the car is about to make Dock, Boat -

The script for an action movie calls for a small race car (of mass 1800 kg and length 3.5 m 4500 kg and length 20 m), from one end of the boat to the other, where the car will then somewhat lower dock. You are the technical advisor for the movie. The boat will initially slide through the water without significant resistance; both the car and the boat can be a distribution. Determine what the width of the gap will be just as the car is about to make Dock, Boat -

University Physics Volume 1

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Chapter9: Linear Momentum And Collisions

Section: Chapter Questions

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