A dog of mass stands at one end of a flat boat of mass and length at rest on a frictionless surface of a lake. The dog walks to the other end of the boat and stops. The displacement of the center of mass of the boat-dog system is:
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zero
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Twice the velocity of one object
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mL/(2(M+m))
ML/(2(M+m))
ML/(M+m)
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Increases
Decreases
Remains constant
Is always zero
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