2007-03-12 21:27:18 · 6 answers · asked by physics s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
you ever notice how you are jerked forward when your car suddenly comes to a stop, well this is because you body has acuired a force of its own owing to the movement of the car and your mass. thus momentum is the force experieced as a result of a mass in motion.
simply put? F=MV where F is force, M is the mass and V is the velocity (speed)
hope i helped: )
2007-03-12 21:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's mass and velocity. If you weigh a hundred pounds and smash into a person at a dead run, a person who weighs 250 pounds smashing into someone at the same speed will have greater momentum and more effect. But if you're a hundred pounds at a dead run, you will have much more impact than a person 250 pounds at a liesurely walk because you have more momentum. Momentum is mass times velocity. Don't confuse this with energy, which is 1/2 mass times velodity times velocity.
2007-03-13 04:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to my teacher, momentum is the quantity of motion. It is written as the variable "p" and it is calculated by:
p= mass x velocity. Momentum is written in units of kg x m/sec or g x cm/sec.
2007-03-13 04:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
momentum is defined as mass in motion
under the formula
MOMENTUM=MASS X VELOCITY
2007-03-13 04:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
momentum=mass*velocity
2007-03-13 05:11:49 · answer #5 · answered by superlliant2010 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
force times velocity
2007-03-13 04:30:10 · answer #6 · answered by Ran C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋