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A 500 kg boat is 9 m long and is floating without motion on still water. A man of mass 100 kg is at one end and if he runs to the other end of the boat and stops, the displacement of the boat is

A

1.5 m in the direction of displacement the man

B

0.755 m in the direction of displacement the man

C

1.5 m in the direction opposite to the displacement the man

D

0.75 m in the direction opposite to the displacement the man

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C
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