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31/10/2021 6:50 pm
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If a man jumps out from a boat, the boat moves backwards. Why?
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31/10/2021 6:51 pm
When a man jumps out from a boat, the boat moves backwards due to the fact that to step out of the boat, the man presses the boat with his foot in the backward direction. The push of the man on the boat is action. The boat exerts an equal force on the man in the forward direction and since the boat is not fixed and is floating, it moves backwards due to the action force exerted by the man.