I understood most of the information, but I am still unclear on how the shifting of the center of mass can accelerate the boat. I thought that internal forces could not affect an object’s acceleration.
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I understood most of the information, but I am still unclear on how the shifting of the center of mass can accelerate the boat. I thought that internal forces could not affect an object’s acceleration.
This is not an example of internal forces. The shift in center of mass creates inertia (an external force) to accelerate the boat