Sunday, November 24, 2013

Momentum

     One thing we learned this week was momentum and how it works.  Momentum can be defined in different ways however they are fairly similar.  One definition I have is: Momentum is the speed or force of forward movement.  An example of this in real life is when on car gets into an accident with another.  A lot of times, accidents occur in parking lots or when people aren't paying attention at a stop light.  When one moving car hits another non-moving car, the momentum from one car is transferred into the other car.  To determine the amount of momentum, we use a simple formula, p=mv where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity.

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