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If a 1200kg car travels 20 m/s and slows down for a stop, what is its momentum?​

User Rads
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Answer:

24000kgm/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Mass of car = 1200kg

Velocity = 20m/s

Unknown:

Momentum = ?

Solution:

Momentum is the amount of motion a body possesses.

Momentum = mass x velocity

Now insert the parameters and solve;

Momentum = 1200 x 20 = 24000kgm/s

User Anton  Bogdanov
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