What is momentum ? As defined by all writers on mechanics, it is the product of the mass of a body multiplied by its velocity. As understood by a majority of their readers, it conveys a different ...

Now back to the torpedo bat. It's designed so that the wider part of the bat IS the sweet spot. Since it’s wider, it's easier ...

Newton defined "momentum" as the "quantity of motion," essentially meaning the product of an object's mass and its velocity, and his second law of motion states that the rate of change of an ...

A cannon ball of mass 4.0 kg is fired from a stationary 96 kg cannon at 120 m/s. Calculate the velocity of the cannon immediately after firing. Total momentum of cannon and cannon ball before = 0 ...

The faster the elephant walks, the larger its momentum will be. A lorry has a mass of 7,500 kg. It travels south at a speed of 25 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the lorry. An ice skater has a mass ...