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Is the momentum of a car and a train that have the same velocity the same or different?
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∙ 13y ago
Different. Momentum is velocity * mass.
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If two objects have the same velocity do they have the same momentum?
No, because momentum depends on velocity and mass so they may have the same velocity but if they have different masses then they will have different momenta. (momenta is the plural form of momentum.)
How can it be possible for two objects with different velocities to have the same momentum?
The momentum product can be the same with different velocities; m1V=m2rV thus m1/m2=r ratio with V1=rV1.
How can object with different masses have the same momentum?
Momentum is not just mass. Momentum is the product of mass x velocity.
Why do you need momentum?
Momentum is defined as the "Mass in Motion". It is a Vector quantity. It depends on two variables (Object Mass and Velocity) . Its direction is same as objects velocity direction. In physics momentum is required to specify the motion of the object . If two bodies of same masses having different velocities have different momentum , in a similar way bodies of different masses having same velocity have different momentum. So , in order to describe the motion of object clearly one of the tool in classical mechanics is momentum
The momentum of an objects is in the same what as its velocity?
In the same direction. Both momentum and velocity are vectors.
How do you apply the concept of momentum to compare the mass and velocity of a slow moving train and of a high-speed bullet?
The slow moving train has a much higher mass than the high-speed bullet, but the bullet has a faster velocity than the slow moving train so their momentum is the same.
Will two cars of different engine capacities maintain the same momentum if driving at the same speed?
Momentum is velocity times mass, so, in order for two cars to have the same momentum at the same velocity, they must have the same mass. Engine capacity has nothing do do with the equation.
Does momentum have a direction?
Momentum is mass x velocity; velocity has a direction, therefore momentum has a direction.Momentum is mass x velocity; velocity has a direction, therefore momentum has a direction.Momentum is mass x velocity; velocity has a direction, therefore momentum has a direction.Momentum is mass x velocity; velocity has a direction, therefore momentum has a direction.
If an object is moving at a constant velocity and you want to change it's momentum you would change it's?
The answer is velocity.
Is momentum inversely proportional to velocity?
No, momentum is directly proportional to velocity, and in the same direction..
Momentum has the same direction of what?
Velocity!
Which truck has more momentum a 2000kg truckor a 2kg truck?
That would depend on their velocity (speed with direction), since the formula for momentum is momentum=Mass*Velocity. If they are moving at the same Velocity, the heavier of the two would have greater momentum.
