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What will happen to the momentum of an object if the mass of an object is cut in half?
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What would be the momentum if the mass were halved?
momentum=mass * velocity if velocity remain unchanged, the momentum too will be halved ============================================== But wait! Haven't we all learned that momentum is conserved, and half of it doesn't just suddenly disappear ? If half of the mass of a moving object suddenly disconnects from the object and goes somewhere else, then half of the momentum must go along with that half of the mass, and the total momentum doesn't change. On the other hand, if Tinker-Bell flew by, waved her magic wand and sprinkled ferry dust on the moving object so that half of its mass truly ceased to exist, then in order to keep the total momentum constant, the object's velocity must double! The answer to the question is: No matter what happened to the massive moving object, or how it happened, total momentum doesn't change. It's the same today, tomorrow, and forever. Momentum of the total system is always conserved. If half of the mass is detached, you can't say the rest is the whole system. The whole system is together both halves. If both moving same velocity, momentum is divided. If that half stopped, half of the momentum goes to the force used to stop that.
Is it true that momentum is not equal to the mass of an object divided by its velocity?
That is true because momentum is mass times velocity
The product of an object's mass and velocity?
The product of an object's mass and velocity is called it's momentum. It is mostly called it's linear momentum to differentiate from the term angular momentum.
The momentum of an object depends on what two factors?
For an object to have momentum, it must have mass and velocity.
The momentum of a falling leaf is and the momentum of a falling pincone is what?
momentum is equal to the mass of an object x velocity of an object
What is the mass of an object multiplied by its velocity?
The product of mass and velocity of an object is its momentum.
What would be the momentum if the mass were halved?
momentum=mass * velocity if velocity remain unchanged, the momentum too will be halved ============================================== But wait! Haven't we all learned that momentum is conserved, and half of it doesn't just suddenly disappear ? If half of the mass of a moving object suddenly disconnects from the object and goes somewhere else, then half of the momentum must go along with that half of the mass, and the total momentum doesn't change. On the other hand, if Tinker-Bell flew by, waved her magic wand and sprinkled ferry dust on the moving object so that half of its mass truly ceased to exist, then in order to keep the total momentum constant, the object's velocity must double! The answer to the question is: No matter what happened to the massive moving object, or how it happened, total momentum doesn't change. It's the same today, tomorrow, and forever. Momentum of the total system is always conserved. If half of the mass is detached, you can't say the rest is the whole system. The whole system is together both halves. If both moving same velocity, momentum is divided. If that half stopped, half of the momentum goes to the force used to stop that.
Is it true that momentum is not equal to the mass of an object divided by its velocity?
That is true because momentum is mass times velocity
The product of an object mass and velocity is called its What?
That's the object's linear momentum.
What is an object's mass multiplied by its velocity?
mass x velocity = momentum. (velocity = speed with a direction)
The product of an object's mass and velocity?
The product of an object's mass and velocity is called it's momentum. It is mostly called it's linear momentum to differentiate from the term angular momentum.
What effect does mass of the object have on its momentum?
Yes, mass will affect momentum in a collision or in anything else. Any object with mass and non-zero velocity will have momentum. Mass is directly proportional to momentum. Double the mass of an object moving with a given velocity and the momentum doubles.
What does momentum of an object mean?
Momentum is the product of mass x velocity.
The momentum of an object depends on what two factors?
For an object to have momentum, it must have mass and velocity.
The momentum of a falling leaf is and the momentum of a falling pincone is what?
momentum is equal to the mass of an object x velocity of an object
How can object with different masses have the same momentum?
Momentum is not just mass. Momentum is the product of mass x velocity.
The product of an object's mass and velocity is the object's?
Momentum
