When you hit a golf ball with a golf club, the club slows down slightly from the impact. How does this result illustrate the law of conservation of momentum?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

Yes

Explanation:

Momentum (in physics) is defined as the product of mass xx velocity.

When the golf club slows down (looses some velocity) the difference in momentum is transferred to the golf ball so that

"velocity of golf ball" =("mass of golf club" xx"reduction in golf club velocity")/("mass of golf ball")