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this is my work if any is still interested to see

ahh that makes sense now. thank you all.

yes i took that into account too. i divided (b) into two parts, 1st jump and 2nd jump, where the 2nd jump's initial velocity is the final velocity of the 1st jump

Original question: Two people (each of mass m) are standing on the stern of a boat of mass M. Ignoring friction, find the boat’s velocity v after they jump out with a horizontal velocity u relative to the boat’s initial velocity (a) if they jump together (b) if they jump one after another (c)...