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How to get off the ice?

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if you find yourself (naked) on a perfectly smooth ice in the center of a pond so that there is no friction, how could you get off the pond?

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  1. There are plenty of ways to "get off" on the pond.

    Just make sure nothing freezes in your hand.


  2. If there's absolutely no friction and you have nothing to throw out, there's really no way for you to put yourself into motion. However, in such situation, you could wait for example for a wind since if the friction is zero, it will surely move you.

    However, even perfectly smooth ice is not absolutely frictionless – albeit small, there's at least some friction. Then you can do exactly what you know as skating: putting your weight on one leg and knock off using it, sliding on the other. It works slowly, but works.

    Edit: You always have something to throw... your bodily fluids :-D

  3. you would have to generate a force opposite to the direction you wish to travel (throw an object, fire a gun, etc.). this takes advantage newtons law that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. by generating a force in one direction, you are propelled in the other direction with an equal amount of force. that is why cannons roll backwards after they are fired, and that is what will push you back towards land.

  4. There are a few way to get One of the way is to slide out of the pond by lying and slide away

  5. Well Charles; you could aspirate yurself across the pond Dude! Hahaha! That's like starting with an A and not a B or an M!

    Surprised you man! Hahahaha!

    Keep havin fun

    Me! ;- )

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