How to find momentum when kinetic energy increase or decrease?
1 Answer
Apr 24, 2018
Explanation:
Kinetic energy is given by
#"K" = 1/2\ "mv"^2#
Momentum (
#"p = mv"#
On combing both the formulas we get
#"K" = "p"^2/"2m"#
So, for an object of mass
#"p" ∝ sqrt"K"#
Example: Kimetic energy is increased by
Solution:
Increase in momentum