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Force acting on an object or system will NOT change the momentum.

Force acting on an object or system will NOT change the momentum.-example-1

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From Newton's second law, the force acting on an object is given by the rate of change of momentum.

That is,


\begin{gathered} F=(dp)/(dt) \\ =(d(mv))/(dt) \end{gathered}

Where p is the momentum of the object, m is the mass and v is the velocity of the object.

Thus, the force acting on an object will change its momentum.

Therefore the given statement is false.

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