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The travel time while they are running to the back is less, but while they are running back. It should be greater or the same?

So when they go to the back they are as if they are leaving the ship so the ship accelerates at a higher speed?

Okay let's start fresh from the original question The bat has a center of mass closer the left side and I am asked to see if the masses are equal or if one side is greater than the other? I have an understanding that the center of mass divides the system into two parts of equal mass. Is this...

There is a misunderstanding !

While they are running the speed of the ship should remain the same? How come the answers claim it is higher?

Serway would never have a Typo it clearly is correct for some reason

Okay great my answer is c) both sides are equal the books answer is b) that the right side is greater why is that?

I mean that if i have this pencil The right side's mass is equal to the left hand's side length!

Isn't the point of center of mass is where the masses on both sides are equally distributed? Why is it not the case here?

B) at what point will the ball have a maximum speed ? C) what is the maximum speed?

I wrote the complete question in my original post !

Guys I already solved a) my problem is in b and c where he asks for the point at which velocity is maximum!

Not really 2 unknowns ! No other equations !

The rest if the question ask me to find the the point at which the ball will have maximum speed ? I don't know how to approach it exactly? From my conceptualization I can see that the maximum will be when the spring returns to the uncompressed position at 5.0cm. However the answers disagree and...

Correct me if I am wrong