Question

A car is traveling at a velocity of 13.5 m/sec (30 mph) north on a straight road. The mass of the car is 1,000 kg. Calculate the momentum of the car.

Answer 1

Answer:

The momentum of the body would be 13500 kg .m/sec

Explanation:

What Momentum Entails

momentum is a property that is possed by all moving objects, it is a product of mass and velocity. A moving object has a magnitude which is the mass of the body and direction which is the  velocity towards a certain direction, so it is a vector quantity

Step by Step Calculation

The momentum of a body can be gotten from the expression below;

p = m x v

where p is the momentum

m is the mass of the body = 1000 kg

v is the velocity = 13.5 m/sec

Given these parameters our momentum would be;

p = 1000 kg x 13.5 m/sec

p = 13500 kg . m/sec

Therefore the momentum of the body would be 13500 kg. m/sec