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A horse has a momentum of 25 kg*m/s and a velocity of 2.5 m/s. What is the horse mass?

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Answer: 10 kg

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Work Shown:

We have these variables

  • p = momentum = 25 kg*m/s
  • m = mass = unknown
  • v = velocity = 2.5 meters per second

Solving for the mass gets us...

p = m*v

25 = m*2.5

25/2.5 = m

10 = m

m = 10

The mass of the horse is 10 kg.

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