Which has more momentum, a $6$ $kg$ object moving at $6$ $ms^-1$ or a $3$ $kg$ object moving at $10$ $ms^-1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-10T12:39:30

Momentum is given by $p=mv$ . $6xx6=36$ while $3xx10=30$ , so the $6$ $kg$ mass has more momentum.

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