You are marooned on a frictionless horizontal surface and cannot exert any horizontal force by pushing against the surface. How can you get off ?
A
By jumping
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B
By spitting or sneezing or blowing air from your mouth
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C
By rolling your body on the surface
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D
By running on the plane
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Solution
The correct option is B By spitting or sneezing or blowing air from your mouth by doing things given in (B) you will create a repulsive force by considering conservation of momentum and create an acceleration /.