What is the momentum of a 2000-kg elephant charing a hunter at a speed of 7.50 m/s?

2 Answers

15000\ \text{kg m/s}

Explanation:

Momentum P of elephant of mass m=2000\ kg & running at a speed of v=7.5\ \text{m/s

P=mv

2000\cdot 7.5

=15000\ \text{kg m/s}

Jul 28, 2018

Momentum color(blue)(p = m * v = 2000 * 7.5 = 15,000 kg. m.s^-1

Explanation:

It's a term that describes a relationship between the mass and velocity of an object, and we can see this when it is written in equation form, p = mv, where p is momentum, m is mass in kg and v is velocity in m/s.

Because momentum is a vector quantity, this means it has both magnitude and direction.

Given m = 2000 kg, v = 7.50 ms^-1

Momentum color(blue)(p = m * v = 2000 * 7.5 = 15,000 kg. m.s^-1