Answer: When the car speed triples, momentum also triples but Kinetic energy increases 9 times or by 9 fold.
Explanation:
The momentum of a car (an object) is
p= mv
where
m is =the mass of the object( in this case car)
v is its= velocity
While the kinetic energy is is given by the formulae
K=1/2mv²
To determine how momentum and kinetic energy of the car changes when the speed of the object triples, We have that the new velocity,
v¹= 3v
So that the momentum change becomes
p¹=mv¹=m (3v)= 3mv
mv=p
therefore p¹= 3p
we can see that the momentum also triples.
And the kinetic energy change becomes
K¹=1/2m(v¹)²= 1/2m (3v)²
= 1/2m9v²= 1/2 x m x 9 x v²=9 x1/2mv²
1/2mv²=K
K¹= Kinetic energy = 9k
but Kinetic energy increases 9 times
