Question

what is the momentum of a child and a wagon if the total mass of the child and wagon is 22kg and the velocity is 1.5m/s?

Answer 1

Answer:

33 kg m/s

Explanation:

The momentum of an object is given by:

$p=mv$

where

m is the mass of the object

v is the velocity of the object

In this problem, the total mass of the child and the wagon is m =22 kg, while the velocity is v = 1.5 m/s, therefore the momentum is

$p=mv=(22 kg)(1.5 m/s)=33 kg m/s$