Question

Which has a higher momentum a 3.5 kg bowling ball that is rolling at 30 m/s or a 50 kg student moving at 1.75 m/s?

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Answer 1

Here is the ans

Momentum is product of mass and velocity.

Hence in first condition

momentum = 3.5 × 30 = 105 kg m/s

In second case momentum = 50 × 1.75 = 87.5 kg m/s

clearly first condition has more momentum

Answer 2

Explanation:

As, momentum= mass× velocity

so, in the first case,

momentum= 3.5× 30 = 105 kg m/s

and in second one, momentum = mass× velocity = 50× 1.75 = 875 kg m/s

so, Momentum in second case has higher than the first one