Question

A van of mass 1200 kg was moving at a velocity of 8 m/s when it was involved in a head-on collisionwith a lorry moving in the opposite direction. Assuming that the van came to a stop after the collision...(a) calculate the momentum of the van before the collision;

Answer 1

We havethe next informatio

v=velocity=8 m/s

m=mass=1200 kg

The formula to calculate the momentum is

`p=mv`

where p is the momentum, m is the mass and v is the velocity

We substitute our data

`p=(1200)(8)=9600kg\cdot m/s`

ANSWER

p = 9600 kg·m/s