Question

A bowling ball of 35.2kg, generates 218 kg.M/s units of momentum. What is the velocity of the bowling ball?

Answer 1

Answer is: velocity of the bowling ball is 6.19 m/s.

Momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction in three-dimensional space.

m(ball) = 35.2 kg; mass of a bowling ball.

p(ball) = 218 kg·m/s; momentum of a ball.

v(ball) = p(ball) ÷ m(ball).

v(ball) = 218 kg·m/s ÷ 35.2 kg.

v(ball) = 6.19 m/s; velocity of a bowling ball.