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Momentum in classical mechanics is defined as mass times velocity. The magnitude of the momentum of an object with mass 3000kg and speed 0.2 m/s has a momentum of 600 mkg/s. A human walking at the same speed of 0.2 m/s weighing, let's say, 100 kg has a momentum of 20 mkg/s which is 30 times smaller.

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