0
Why does a cruise ship docking slowly and a speed boat going at maximum speed both have a large momentum?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
the momentum of a body is reached using the equation MOMENTUM=MASS*VELOCITY , in this case, the cruise has a very large mass but a very low speed while the speedboat has a very high speed while having a comparitively low mass.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How can a slowly docking boat and a speeding rifle bullet both have a large amount of momentum?
Momentum = mass * Velocity. Boat has large mass but low velocityBullet has small mass but high velocity.Momentum is a function of speed and mass. A slowly docking boat has a low speed, but the boat will have huge mass, therefore the momentum will be a large amount. The bullet has very low mass, but huge speed, and so, again, the momentum will be large.
Would a larger mass moving slowly have the least momentum?
Yes, they would have a momentum. ^^
What you expect to have the least momentum?
a small mass moving slowly
What would you expect to have the least momentum?
a small mass moving slowly
What is expected to have the least momentum?
Anything that doesn't move - or moves slowly and has a low mass.
What happens to the momentum when mass is slowly decreasing but the velocity keeps constant?
Momentum = mass x velocity. Here velocity is constant. So momentum is directly proportional to the mass. Hence as mass decreases momentum too decreases proportionaly. If mass is reduced to half of its original then momentum also gets reduced to half of its original
A car runs out of gas and slowly coasts to a stop this is an example of?
Momentum, friction failure to plan ahead.
How can a supertanker have a huge momentum when it moves rvelativey slowly?
Momentum is the product of mass M and motion V, p=MV. If V is small and mass M is enormous, then the product MV is still huge.
Why is it hard to stop an object that is moving very fast?
The bigger momentum an object has, the harder it is to stop it. Momentum is defined as velocity times mass. An object with really big mass which moves really slowly (like a car moving slowly) is also hard to stop.
Can an elephant have the same momentum has a golf ball?
Momentum, in classical terms, is defined as mass x velocity. So, theoretically, an elephant could have the same momentum as a golf ball if the golf ball (small mass) is moving very, very fast, and the elephant (large mass) is moving very, very slowly. If the product of the mass x velocity is the same, then the momentum can be the same.
Why does a car speeding up on the highway have a greater force than a car slowly driving into a garage?
Because it has more momentum the faster it goes.
Which animal lives for the maximum years?
A tortoise will live maximum years crossing over 400 years because they respire very slowly which was the main principle in yoga.
