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A boy of mass m stands on one end of a wooden plank of length L and mass M. The plank is floating on water. If the boy walks from one end of the plank to the other end at a constant speed, the resulting displacement of the plank is given by :

A

`frac(mL)(M)`

B

`frac(ML)(M)`

C

`frac(mL)(M+m)`

D

`frac(mL)(M-m)`

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