Tuesday 8 March 2016

1.22 use the conservation of momentum to calculate the mass, velocity or momentum of objects



use this triangle...

Momentum-Mass-Velocity triangle

or, if your not a fan of the triangle...

momentum = mass x velocity
velocity = momentum / mass
mass = momentum / velocity


example question: if a ball with a mass of 0.5g is thrown at 50m/s, what is its momentum?

0.5 x 50 = 25N

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