Question

A 62.0 kg water skier at rest jumps from the dock into a 775 kg boat at rest on the east side of the dock. If the velocity of the skier is 4.50 m/s as she leaves the dock, what is the final velocity of the skier and boat?

Answer 1

plz help

Answer 2

@YoursTruly

Answer 3

@nuts

Answer 4

@nuts @photonics

Answer 5

@Marziman

Answer 6

(:

Answer 7

Tag you're it

Answer 8

Chemistry? Lmao isn't this physics?

Answer 9

Just use your LCM formula it's super easy.

Answer 10

Explain how to solve it perhaps.

Answer 11

(:

Answer 12

It's the law of conservation of momentum, it's about as easy as 2+2

Answer 13

Marzi, you suck at tutoring. Give them an example and the formula

Answer 14

The rest of us don't whatever this is

Answer 15

62.0*4.50+775*0=(62.0+775)(-v)

Answer 16

@calshboy900

Answer 17

Simplify, combine the like terms, flip your equation, divide it by -837 and then turn your fraction into a decimal value and that will give you the final velocity of the skier + the boat