Question

An object traveling at a 5.0 m/s East has a mass of 4.0kg. What is the magnitude of the object’s momentum?

Answer 1

Answer: p = 20 kg.m/s Eastward

Explanation: Momentum is the product of mass and velocity of the object or p= mv.

p = mv

= 4.0 kg ( 5.0 m/s)

= 20 kg.m/s Eastward