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Yes. Momentum is rigidly defined as the product of mass and velocity. Velocity describes both a speed and a direction. So let's take two metal balls. One weighs 10 kilograms (kg) and the other weighs 20kg. We roll the 10kg ball along a flat and level floor at 2 meters per second (m/s) and the 20 kg ball at 1 m/s. 10*2 = 20*1 so they have the same momentum. If you have a friend roll the balls for you to catch some distance away, making sure after a few tests to roll the lighter ball at twice the speed of the heavier ball, you will find that it "feels" as if both balls hit your hand with about the same force. Your hand is stopping each ball. That is a force which is defined as the rate of change in momentum. Stopping each ball will cause your muscles to exert about the same strength to stop each ball, even though one is moving at double the speed of the other. You will then feel that two objects can indeed travel at different speeds and yet have the same momentum.

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Yes.

Since momentum is mass times velocity (m·v), you can get the same momentum by adjusting the velocity. If one object has twice the mass of another, it can still have the same momentum if the less massive object has twice the velocity of the more massive object.

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Momentum depends upon mass and velocity both . Therefore, it doesn't mean that two objects of same mass will have same momentum always.

Momentum=Mass of the object * Velocity of object

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Momentum is mass times velocity so if the object with the smaller mass has a larger velocity then the second object they can have equal momentums. Good Answer!

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Objects with different masses can have the same momentum, m1v1 = m2v2.

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No, since momentum equals mass times velocity, if the masses of the two objects of equal velocity are different then their momentum will be different.

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Momentum and is the product of mass and speed. So a fast-moving objects can have the same momentum as a slower-moving object with grater mass.

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Momentum is not just mass. Momentum is the product of mass x velocity.

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