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when a particular football player is running at 2.5m/s, he has 227kgm/s of momentum. calculate the mass of the football player.

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In order to calculate the mass of the player, we can use the formula for the momentum:


p=m\cdot v

Where p is the momentum (in kg m/s), m is the mass (in kg) and v is the speed (in m/s).

So, using p = 227 and v = 2.5, we have:


\begin{gathered} 227=m\cdot2.5\\ \\ m=(227)/(2.5)\\ \\ m=90.8\text{ kg} \end{gathered}

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