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25 December, 20:42

Explain why you move forward and a boat moves backwards when you jump from a boat to a pier

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  1. 26 December, 00:04
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    When you move your body forward, you propel your legs backwards. When you're using the boat as the launching pad, you are basically pushing it backwards to let you go forward.
  2. 26 December, 00:35
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    Because you are exerting a force to propel yourself forwards, and because of Newton's Second Law, F=ma, you are propelled away from the boat and the boat moves backwards because you added force to it
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