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

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You are marooned on a frictionless horizontal plane and cannot exert any horizontal force by pushing against the surface. How can you get off (A) by jumping (B) by rolling your body on the surface (C) by splitting or sneezing or throwing any object (D) by throwing an object in opposite direction

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

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.

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

by jumping

by rolling your body on the surface

by splitting or sneezing or throwing any object

by throwing an object in opposite direction

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.