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A car is moving with a lot of momentum. If it were moving at the same speed but had five times as much mass, its momentum would be

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Answer:

5 times as much

Step-by-step explanation:

the equation for momentum is p=mv

p(momentum)=m(mass)xv(velocity)

So if the velocity is the same, but the mass is multiplied by 5 the total momentum would be 5 times greater than the previous scenario.

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