Question

A basketball has a mass of 1 kg and is traveling 15 m/s.  How fast would a 5 kg bowling ball have to travel to have the same momentum?

Answer 1

since
1st P=2nd P
1*15=5*v
v=3

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Momentum is measured as the product of mass and velocity.

Mathematically, p = m × v

where, p = momentum

m = mass

v = velocity

Therefore, calculate the momentum of basket ball as follows.

p = m × v

= 1 kg × 15 m/s

= 15 kg m/s

Hence, when bowling ball have the same momentum, that is, 15 kg m/s then calculate the velocity of bowling ball as follows.

p = m × v

or, v =
`(p)/(m)`

=
`(15 kg m/s)/(5 kg)`

= 3 m/s

Thus, we can conclude that the velocity of bowling ball is 3 m/s.