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(1) Decide on a direction that you will consider positive. (2) Calculate the momentum of the object that travels in the "positive" direction. (3) Calculate the momentum of the object that travels in the "negative" direction (the momentum should be negative). (4) Add both numbers algebraically.

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How can multiple objects have a net momentum of zero?

Multiple objects can have a net momentum of zero if their individual momenta cancel each other out. This can happen when objects are moving in opposite directions or when the magnitudes of their momenta are equal but opposite. In this scenario, the total momentum of all the objects in the system sums to zero.


What is a example of a momentum of zero?

An object at rest. Actually that's the only possible example for a single object. For two objects, you can have objects moving in opposite directions; for example, one may have a momentum of +100 units, and the other, a momentum of -100 units.


When two object is move in opposite direction one will have positive and other have negative momentum why?

Momentum is defined as a vector quantity; this means that the direction matters. Only if it is defined as a vector quantity do you have something called "conservation of momentum", which makes it very interesting for physics.


What are Four different collision scenarios of conservation of momentum?

Elastic collision: objects bound against each other after the collision. - One is moving and the other is at rest. - Both objects are moving. Inelastic collision: objects stick together after the collision. - One is moving and the other is at rest. - Both objects are moving.


How All objects have momentum true or false?

False. Not all objects have momentum. Momentum is a property of moving objects and is defined as the product of an object's mass and velocity. Objects at rest do not have momentum.

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How can multiple objects have a net momentum of zero?

Multiple objects can have a net momentum of zero if their individual momenta cancel each other out. This can happen when objects are moving in opposite directions or when the magnitudes of their momenta are equal but opposite. In this scenario, the total momentum of all the objects in the system sums to zero.


What is a example of a momentum of zero?

An object at rest. Actually that's the only possible example for a single object. For two objects, you can have objects moving in opposite directions; for example, one may have a momentum of +100 units, and the other, a momentum of -100 units.


When two object is move in opposite direction one will have positive and other have negative momentum why?

Momentum is defined as a vector quantity; this means that the direction matters. Only if it is defined as a vector quantity do you have something called "conservation of momentum", which makes it very interesting for physics.


When can the momentum of two moving objects be cancelled?

The momentum can be cancelled when the objects are equal and opposite in momentum, 0= p1 + p2, thus p1=- p2. Newton's 3rd law.


Why do electron n positron move in opposite directions in pair production and how does momentum is conserved when they move in opposite directions?

They move in opposite directions when in a magnetic field because they have opposite charges. The force on a particle depends on its charge -- make the charge completely opposite, and the force on it will be completely opposite. Momentum is conserved when they move in opposite direction (that is, in their center of mass frame) because their respective masses are identical. One electron mass moving in one direction plus one electron mass moving in the opposite direction means a total momentum of zero. The system begins with zero momentum and ends that way.


What are Four different collision scenarios of conservation of momentum?

Elastic collision: objects bound against each other after the collision. - One is moving and the other is at rest. - Both objects are moving. Inelastic collision: objects stick together after the collision. - One is moving and the other is at rest. - Both objects are moving.


All moving objects have?

All moving objects have Momentum.


How All objects have momentum true or false?

False. Not all objects have momentum. Momentum is a property of moving objects and is defined as the product of an object's mass and velocity. Objects at rest do not have momentum.


What is a momentum of an object of mass 'm' moving the velocity v?

Momentum is mass times velocity. Note that velocity and speed are not exactly the same thing. Velocity is a term used in physics to define both the speed and the direction of a moving object, so if two objects are moving at the same speed but in opposite directions, they have opposite momentum.


What is momentum a property of?

Momentum is a property of moving objects and is determined by their mass and velocity.


Do only moving objects have momentum?

No, momentum is a property of an object that is in motion. However, even objects at rest can have momentum if they have mass and are affected by an external force.


What opposes motion and causes moving objects to slow down?

concervation of momentum concervation of momentum 2nd Answer: Well, not really, no. Friction causes moving objects to slow.