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When the white ball strikes the other colored balls, what can you say about the total momentum of all of the balls combined?

When the white ball strikes the other colored balls, what can you say about the total-example-1

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Momentum is never created or destroyed. It is conserved.

The cue stick gave the cue ball all the momentum there is on the table. There's nothing on the table that can pour in any more momentum.

After the strike, with 15 or 16 balls rolling every which way around the table, the total momentum of all of them combined will be the same as the cue ball's momentum right now, before the strike.

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