PHYS 1010Q Lecture 6: Momentum

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Example: now suppose he is standing on the scales while riding in an elevator that is accelerating upward at 2m/s . When you catch the ball, the impact depends on both the mass of the ball and on its velocity. We thus de ne the momentum of an object as momentum=mass x velocity p=mv. A bowling ball moving at a low speed and a golf ball moving at a high speed can have the same momentum. Suppose the momentum of an object changes by an amount p. If the velocity change v takes place over a time interval t, then v=a t where a is the acceleration. Then if we substitute this result into our equation for p, we have. Now newton tells us that the acceleration is due to a net force f= ma. So putting this together with the equation for p, we have.

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