How can an elephant have the same momentum as a golfball?

Answer 1

this question has the theoritical answer but it is not yet practically done. according to the theortical answer """"""""yes! elephant have the same momentum as a Golf ball<<<<<<<<< Actually, elephants can have the same momentum as a golf ball. the equation for momentum is m x v2. m is mass, v is speed, and the two represents "speed squared". If the golf ball has a huge speed, then yes, it can have the same momentum as the elephant.

Answer 2

If the elephant were moving, then the golf ball could still have the same momentum if it were moving fast enough, since a small mass times a large velocity can be the same as a large mass at a much lower velocity........... So yes, it is possible an elephant could have the same momentum as a golf ball if the golf ball travelled very fast.

Answer 3

Its unlikely. Momentum is mass times velocity. Event though a golf ball has much more velocity than an elephant, the elephant has much, much more mass than a golf ball, so it would seem that the momentum of an elephant is greater than than of a golf ball.

Answer 4

If the golfball is going extremely fast, it can work up a huge momentum. For example, it would probably rather be hit by a ball going very slowly than one that was fast-pitched by a major-league Baseball player, because the slower one would not hurt as much. So if the elephant was walking very slowly and the golfball was shot out of an air-soft gun, the golfball would have more momentum.

Answer 5

Momentum is mass times velocity;

thus a slow elephant could have the same momentum as a fast golf ball.