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The momentum of a 0.1 kg object traveling at 2000 m/s is 20,000 kg·m/s. True or False

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That's false.

The definition of momentum is (mass) x (speed), so they must be multiplied.

"20,000 kg-m/s" has the correct units resulting from multiplication, but the number could only be the result of division.

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