Conceptual Physical Science (6th Edition)
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Author: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt
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Chapter 3, Problem 84E
You are at the front of a floating canoe near a dock. You leap, expecting to land on the dock easily. Instead you land in the water. Explain in terms of momentum conservation.
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