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Physics Momentum Practice

This document contains notes and practice problems about momentum calculations. It defines momentum and provides the momentum equation. It then gives examples of calculating the momentum of single objects by applying the momentum equation. Several practice problems are provided to calculate momentum given mass and speed or to calculate speed given mass and momentum. The document will be used for homework.

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Physics Momentum Practice

This document contains notes and practice problems about momentum calculations. It defines momentum and provides the momentum equation. It then gives examples of calculating the momentum of single objects by applying the momentum equation. Several practice problems are provided to calculate momentum given mass and speed or to calculate speed given mass and momentum. The document will be used for homework.

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May
M2: Momentum Calculations ..

Physics

Notes and Practice Problems

Momentum of a Single Object

Draw arrows that will show the outcome of each collision. Each block is the same mass.

Calculating Momentum
MOMENTUM

EQUATION

UNITS

Examples Calculating Momentum of a single entity


1. What is the momentum of a 3000 kg truck traveling at 25 m/s?

2. A 1500 kg ferryboat has a momentum of 25000 kgm/s. What is the speed of the
ferryboat?

3.May

Physics

Notes and Practice Problems

Classwork
3. A car travels at a constant speed of 24 m/s and has a momentum of 28800 kgm/s. What
is the mass of the car?

4. An 8 kg bowling ball rolls at a constant speed of 3 m/s. What is the momentum of the
ball?

5. A bicyclist travels at a constant speed of 7 m/s. What is the total mass of the bicycle and
the boy, when the total momentum is 490 kgm/s?

6. When a 45 kg cannon ball leaves a barrel it has a momentum of 14000 kgm/s. What is
the speed of the ball at the end of the barrel?
Whatever you dont finish below will be homework.
7. A 45 kg woman runs at a speed of 5.6 m/s. What is her momentum?

8. A certain bowling ball rolls at a constant speed of 5 m/s. If the momentum of the ball is
42.5 kgm/s, what is its mass?

9. What is the speed of a 0.25 kg arrow with a momentum of 8 kgm/s?

10. A 1500 kg car travels 400 m in 12 s. What is its momentum?

11. An electron has a mass of 9.1x10-31 kg. What is its momentum if it is travelling at a speed
of 3.5x106 m/s?

12. A 3 kg stone is dropped from a height of 4 m. What is its momentum as it strikes the
ground?

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