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Does a truck have more momentum?
Momentum is the mass of an object multiplied by its velocity. A moving truck has more momentum than a car moving at the same speed because the truck has more mass.
Is it possible for a small car to have the same momentum as a large truck Why Why not?
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.
Is it possible for a toy car to have the same momentum as a real car?
Yes, it’s true that the car has a lower mass and a higher acceleration. However, it starts with a much larger velocity since the two vehicles have the same starting momentum. In the end, both vehicles will have the same force with the same change in momentum.
Which has more momentum a truck or bullet?
Yes, for a bullet to have the same momentum as a truck, it must have a higher velocity because the two masses are not the same. ANSWER: Yes, for a bullet to have the same momentum as a truck, it must have a higher velocity because the two masses are not the same.
Can a baseball have more momentum than a truck?
Is it possible for a baseball to have more momentum than a truck? Yes, because if the truck was not moving while the baseball was moving, the total momentum of the truck would be zero, therefore the baseball would have more momentum.
When can a car and a truck have the same momentum?
Since the momentum of both the vehicles are equal and mass of truck is greater, velocity of car must be greater than velocity of truck for the momentum to be equal.
Is it possible for a truck and motorcycle to have the same momentum?
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 bullet being fired have a huge momentum?
Now, you might point out that a bullet coming out of a gun has a huge force on it from the exploding gunpowder. True enough, and that force is what propels the bullet forward. When a bullet is fired from a gun, total momentum before is zero since nothing is moving.
Which has more momentum a huge truck that is not moving or a bicycle that is moving?
Although the semi truck certainly has a larger mass, it is not in motion and therefore does not have any momentum. The bicycle however has both mass and velocity and therefore has the larger momentum of the pair.
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