Is it possible for a ball to have more momentum than a truck?

Answer 1

Momentum is mass times velocity. A bullet could theoretically have the same momentum as a moving truck if the bullet's speed is great enough. But practically, no--a bullet going that fast in the atmosphere would break up or burn up instantly. In outer space, it would be possible, but it would be hard to get the bullet up to that speed.

Bullets already travel very fast (a fast bullet can go 4,000 feet per second, which is 2,700 miles per hour), but they are very light (a 250 grain bullet = 0.036 pounds). If a truck weighs 10 tons and is going 55 miles per hour, for instance, that 250 grain bullet would have to travel 30 million miles per hour to have the same momentum.

Of course, the trivial answer is yes--both can have zero momentum if neither is moving!

Answer 2

momentum (p) = mass * velocity

bullet = 0.02 kg * 1 000 m/s = 20 kg.m/s

ship = 10 000 000 kg * 10 m/s = 100 000 000 kg.m/s

Answer 3

Momentum is mass times velocity. A bullet could theoretically have the same momentum as a moving truck if the bullet's speed is great enough. But practically, no--a bullet going that fast in the atmosphere would break up or burn up instantly. In outer space, it would be possible, but it would be hard to get the bullet up to that speed.

Bullets already travel very fast (a fast bullet can go 4,000 feet per second, which is 2,700 miles per hour), but they are very light (a 250 grain bullet = 0.036 pounds). If a truck weighs 10 tons and is going 55 miles per hour, for instance, that 250 grain bullet would have to travel 30 million miles per hour to have the same momentum.

Of course, the trivial answer is yes--both can have zero momentum if neither is moving!

Answer 4

Yes, if the truck has extremely little, or if the ball is moving at a high velocity.

Momentum is the product of mass and velocity. The vector formula is p = mv

This is why a .45 caliber bullet can knock a 200-pound man off his feet. The bullet, weighing just 12 grams, is moving at up to 1225 feet/second and imparts its momentum (up to 835 joules) to a body part of the 91,000 gram man.

Answer 5

Sure. If, let's say, the Bowling ball has as much mass as 10 baseballs, then their

momenta are equal when the Baseball is moving 10 times as fast as the bowling

ball is. No problem at all when the baseball is sailing over the left-field wall and

the bowling ball is sitting on the shelf.

Answer 6

It depends on how fast each is going and how much each weighs.
Momentum is calculated by multiplying the mass of an object by its speed.
A ball moving very fast can have more momentum than a huge truck if the truck is moving very slowly (or not at all).
If (ball mass) X (ball speed) it can be greater than (truck mass) X (truck speed).

Answer 7

yes it is possible with all the heat energy and force into the baseball

Answer 8

Yes because if the baseball is in the air and street is the reference point, it has more potential energy in relation to the street than a truck that is standing still on the street has.