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Q. You are marooned on a frictionless horizontal plane and cannot exert any horizontal force by pushing against the surface. How can you get off

AFMCAFMC 2011

Solution:

One can come off the frictionless surface following the law of conservation of momentum, ie, by splitting or sneezing or throwing an object in opposite direction of motion.