momentum and ufo's?

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scully discovered a ufo. she estimated that the ufo had a mass of 2500 kg traveling at 3600m/min. what is the momentum of the ufo?

a. 11.5 x 10^5 kg m/s
b. 1.5 x 10^4 kg m/s
c. 15,000
d. scully cannot determine the momentum from the information provided

2007-12-16 16:30:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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Momentum is mass x velocity. Convert the velocity to meters / second and multiply by the mass to get the momentum.

( 2500 kg ) ( 3600 m / min ) ( 1 min / 60 sec )

2007-12-16 16:42:24 · answer #1 · answered by jgoulden 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

multiply 2.5k times 3.6k then times 60 then put it into scientific notation!

2007-12-17 00:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋