How much momentum does a 2 kg object moving at 4 m/s have?

1 Answer
Feb 18, 2016

Not much I guess.

The equation of momentum is basically p=mv where p is the momentum of the object, m is the given mass of the object and v is the velocity of the object.

So in the above question, v=4ms^-1, m=2kg, so that means momentum is p=mv=2*4=8kgms^-1

That's about the momentum of a ball being thrown smoothly to the bowlers pitch I presume.