Question

The law of conservation of momentum states that the total momentum of interacting objects does not

Answer 1

Answer:

Change

Explanation:

The law of conservation of momentum states that, for a system of interacting objects that do not experience a net external force, the total momentum of the system is conserved.

This law can be demonstrated using Newton's second law:

$F=ma$

where

F is the net force acting on the system of objects

m is the total mass of the system

a is the acceleration

Since the net external force is zero,

F = 0

Therefore

$ma=0$

Acceleration can be rewritten as the derivative of velocity:

$m\frac{dv}{dt}=0$

And using definition of momentum, p = mv,

$\frac{d}{dt}p = 0$

Which means that the total momentum does not change.