Question

Suppose a car of mass 'm' and truck of mass 'M' are travelling with the same velocity V'.
Which has greater momentum?​

Answer 1

Answer:

p= mv

p is directly proportional to m

therefore, truck has greater momentum

Answer 2

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Truck.

Explanation:

Momentum of a body is defined as the product of its mass and velocity. Mathematically it is defined by the equation :

$p = mv$

In this equation :

• m= mass of body
• v = velocity of body
• p = momentum of body

Also there is a fact that momentum of a body is directly proportional to it's mass and velocity.

If one of them increases then the momentum also increases.

Now, the velocity of both vehicles is given same.

But generally the mass of truck is greater than mass of car.

Though we can say that the truck have a greater momentum.

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