Which has greater momentum, a semi truck at rest or a bicycle in motion?

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Tilly
Mar 26, 2018

Bicycle in motion

Explanation:

Taking the formula for momentum to be #p=mv# this is the mass multiplied by the velocity.

Although the semi truck certainly has a larger mass, it is not in motion and therefore does not have any momentum.

The bicycle however has both mass and velocity and therefore has the larger momentum of the pair.

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