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which has the greater momentum, a concrete truck at rest or a concrete truck moving slowly up a steep hill?

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Answer:

Since momentum is the product if mass and velocity therefore a concrete truck at rest has no velocity i.e mass × 0m/s = 0kg m/s

Whereas the momentum of a concrete truck slowly moving up a steep hill will defined by a given value greater than 0

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