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A 50 kg boy running with a velocity of 6 m/s passes by a 2000 kg truck at rest. Which one has greater momentum, the truck or the boy?
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A 50 kg boy running with a velocity of 6 m/s passes by a 2000 kg truck at rest. Which one has greater momentum, the truck or the boy?

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The boy has a greater momentum

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The reason why the boy has a greater momentum is because the truck is at rest so it isn’t moving and momentum has to do with the quantity of motion

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