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A car has a momentum of 20,000 kg • m/s. What would the car’s momentum be if its velocity doubles?

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A car has a momentum of 20,000 kg • m/s. What would the car’s momentum be if its velocity doubles? the answer is 40,000kg'm/s you welcome have a good day?!!

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To answer this question, it helps enormously if you know
the formula for momentum:

Momentum = (mass) x (speed) .

Looking at the formula, you can see that momentum is directly
proportional to speed. So if speed doubles, so does momentum.

If the car's momentum is 20,000 kg-m/s now, then after its speed
doubles, its momentum has also doubled, to 40,000 kg-m/s.

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