Which has more momentum, an object with a mass of #5kg# moving at #15m/s# or an object with a mass of #16kg# moving at #7m/s#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-13T18:22:33

See below.

Momentum is given as:

#p=mv#

Where:

#bbp# is momentum, #bbm# is mass in kg and #bbv# is velocity in #ms^-1#

So we have:

#p=5kgxx(15m)/s=(75kgm)/s=75kgms^(-1)#

#p=16kgxx(7m)/s=(112kgm)/s=112kgms^(-1)#