Physics, asked by Blakestevenson4537, 11 months ago

A light body and a heavy body have same momentum which one will have greater kinetic energy give reason

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Answered by pj321bevan
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KE = p^2/2m where p us momentum and m is mass. So as the momenta are same the kinetic energy(KE) will only depend on mass. But in the formula the mass is in the denominator so as mass increases the KE decreases. Thus the light body having lesser mass will have more KE. Hope u get it..

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