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Can a truck have the same momentum as a lightweight bike?
For a truck and a bike to have the same momentum, the mass of the vehicle times the velocity of the vehicle must be the same for both of them. Therefore, the lighter, less massive bike will have a much higher velocity than the truck.
Can a small car have the same momentum as a large truck?
Is it possible for a small car to have the same momentum as a large truck? Yes, the small car would have to be moving with a much higher velocity, but it can have the same momentum since momentum is mass times velocity.
How can a small motorcycle have the same momentum as a large truck?
How can a heavy moving van have the same momentum as a small motorcycle? Momentum= mass x velocity. The heavy truck needs to move slower and the motorcycle needs to move much faster to have the same momentum.
What has more momentum?
The momentum of an object varies directly with the speed of the object. Two objects of different mass are moving at the same speed; the more massive object will have the greatest momentum. A less massive object can never have more momentum than a more massive object.
Why does a small bullet have a large momentum?
When the mass is greater (at the same speeds), the momentum is greater. A bullet is an example of an object with a very small mass that has a lot of momentum because it is moving very quickly. Bullets are therefore difficult to stop; it’s a good idea not to try!
Can a bullet have momentum?
So yes, a tiny thing like a bullet can have the momentum of almost anything in size up to a modern cargo ship. But for that to happen it would mean driving the bullet with about the same motive energy as that produced by a modern cargo ship.
Do you want to be hit by the truck or bullet?
In any case, you don’t want to be hit by either of them. You can also make the trivial comparison that both the bullet and the truck will always have the same momentum if neither of them are moving too, because it will be 0 as any mass multiplied by a 0 velocity will have 0 momentum. Lots of good answers here.
Can two objects with the same mass have the same momentum?
Yes. Momentum is just the mass of the object times the velocity. P=MV where the P is momentum, M is mass and V = is velocity. An object that is small in mass, like a bullet, can have the same momentum as a truck as long as it going much faster than the truck.
Is it possible to drive a bullet with motive energy?
But for that to happen it would mean driving the bullet with about the same motive energy as that produced by a modern cargo ship. The huge ship moves at less than 50 mph, the bullet would have to be propelled at millions of times that velocity to have the same momentum as the ship. We never see it at that level. But we do see roughly the