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Homework Statement
You stand at the end of a long board of length L. The board rests on a frictionless frozen surface of a pond. You want to jump to the opposite end of the board. What is the minimum take-off speed v measured with respect to the pond that would allow you to accomplish that? The board and you have the same mass m.
What is v?
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The Attempt at a Solution
Since there is no friction, on attempt of jumping, the skateboard is going to move back some distance. How do I find the distance and relate to the velocity? Clueless about this problem