An 80-kg person is holding a 20-kg box just outside of his
spaceship. The person is a few meters away from the spaceship,
and is not moving with respect to the spaceship.
If the person pushes the box in a direction away from
the spaceship,
- (a) the person accelerates toward the spaceship, with less
acceleration than the box,
- (b) the person accelerates toward the spaceship, with more
acceleration than the box,
- (c) the acceleration of the person is zero, or
- (d) the person experiences an equal and opposite acceleration
toward the spaceship.