Multiple Choice
After stealing a 20-kg bag of oranges, an 80-kg thief finds himself at rest on a frozen lake. He attaches himself to the bag of oranges with a long rope and pushes himself off from the bag by giving himself a rightward velocity. When the rope runs out
A) the thief and the bag of oranges will move to the right because the thief has a larger mass.
B) the thief and the bag of oranges will move to the right because the thief has a larger kinetic energy.
C) the thief and the bag will stop.
D) the thief and the bag of oranges will move to the left because the thief has a larger mass.
E) the thief and the bag of oranges will move to the left because the thief has a larger kinetic energy.
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