How do you differentiate between momentum and kinetic energy?
1 Answer
see below
Explanation:
Consider an object with mass
Its momentum is the product of the mass and velocity
momentum
units are
it is a vector quantity and so direction has to be assigned to the quantity.
its kinetic energy is the energy it has by virtue of its motion, and is defined as the work required in order to bring it to rest.
the equation to calculate its linear or translational
if it is rotating it has rotational Kinetic energy and has the equation
if it is rotating and traveling in a straight line the total KE is the sum of both components
the units are Joules , and KE is a scalar quantity.