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itsme24
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Hi there,
I have a question about what I'm doing wrong with the following problem:
A 45.0-kg woman stands up in a 60.0-kg canoe of length 5.00 m. She walks from a point 1.00 m from one end to a point 1.00 m from the other end. If you ignore resistance to motion of the canoe in the water, how far does the canoe move during this process?
What I did was found the x coordinate of the center of mass by doing the following math:
m_w= 45.0kg, x_w1 = 1m
m_c= 60.0kg, x_c1= 0m
x_cm = [(45.0kg*1m) + 0] / (45.0kg + 60.0kg)
x_cm = 0.429m
Then I used the same x-coordinate of the center of mass and used the second coordinate for the woman to find the second coordinate of the canoe:
x_w2 = 4m
0.429m = [(45.0kg*4m) + (60.0kg*x_c2)] / (45.0kg + 60.0kg)
x_c2 = -2.25m
Now that seems right since the ratio between the masses is 45/60 and the distance the woman traveled was 3m so 3m*0.75 = 2.25, but the answer listed is 1.29m... I would like to know if someone can see anything that I'm missing or have done wrong, it is really frustrating me. :(
I have a question about what I'm doing wrong with the following problem:
A 45.0-kg woman stands up in a 60.0-kg canoe of length 5.00 m. She walks from a point 1.00 m from one end to a point 1.00 m from the other end. If you ignore resistance to motion of the canoe in the water, how far does the canoe move during this process?
What I did was found the x coordinate of the center of mass by doing the following math:
m_w= 45.0kg, x_w1 = 1m
m_c= 60.0kg, x_c1= 0m
x_cm = [(45.0kg*1m) + 0] / (45.0kg + 60.0kg)
x_cm = 0.429m
Then I used the same x-coordinate of the center of mass and used the second coordinate for the woman to find the second coordinate of the canoe:
x_w2 = 4m
0.429m = [(45.0kg*4m) + (60.0kg*x_c2)] / (45.0kg + 60.0kg)
x_c2 = -2.25m
Now that seems right since the ratio between the masses is 45/60 and the distance the woman traveled was 3m so 3m*0.75 = 2.25, but the answer listed is 1.29m... I would like to know if someone can see anything that I'm missing or have done wrong, it is really frustrating me. :(