You didn't supply enough information to solve this problem. Two formulae are important to solve problems with momentum: (1) the definition of momentum: momentum = mass x velocity. (2) the total momentum (sum of individual momenta) before and after the collision must be the same.
I assume you mean the total MOMENTUM. The momentum depends on the situation. The only thing you can be sure of is that the total momentum after the collision will be the same as the total momentum before the collision. You can often use this to solve problems about collisions.
conservation of momentum
The same as the total momentum before the collision.
the total momentum after a collision must be equal the total momentum before the collision.
There is a Law of Conservation of Momentum, which states that total momentum is always conserved. In this case, that means that - assuming no additional bodies are involved - the total momentum before the collision will be the same as the total momentum after the collision. It doesn't even matter whether the collision is elastic or not.
I assume you mean the total MOMENTUM. The momentum depends on the situation. The only thing you can be sure of is that the total momentum after the collision will be the same as the total momentum before the collision. You can often use this to solve problems about collisions.
conservation of momentum
The same as the total momentum before the collision.
the total momentum after a collision must be equal the total momentum before the collision.
There is a Law of Conservation of Momentum, which states that total momentum is always conserved. In this case, that means that - assuming no additional bodies are involved - the total momentum before the collision will be the same as the total momentum after the collision. It doesn't even matter whether the collision is elastic or not.
According to the law of conservation of momentum which states that in a closed system momentum before collision is equal to the momentum after collision.
The formula is, quite simply, that the momentum before and after the shot is the same. You can assume that the momentum before the shot is zero (because the rifle and the bullet were not moving), so after the shot, the total momentum will also be zero.
That means that total momentum doesn't change. It is the same before and after the collision.
Total momentum before the collision = total momentum after the collision As a reminder, momentum is the product of velocity and mass.
A baseball flies through an open window and collides with a vase. The momentum of the ball and vase after the collision is the same as the momentum of the ball alone before the collision.
In the case of an elastic collision, you can write two equations, which can help you solve certain practical problems. 1) Conservation of momentum. The total momentum before the collision is the same as the total momentum after the collision. 2) Conservation of energy. The total mechanical energy before and after the collision are the same. Note: The first equation is also valid for inelastic collisions; the second one is not.
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