Question

A small 32-kilogram canoe broke free of its dock and is now floating downriver at a speed of 2.5 m/s. What is
the canoe's momentum? Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

80 kgm/s

Explanation:

We are given;

• Mass of the Canoe is 32 kg
• Speed of the Canoe is 2.5 m/s

We are required to calculate the momentum of the Canoe?

• We need to know that momentum is the product of mass of an object and its speed.

• Therefore;

Momentum = Mass × speed

Therefore;

Momentum = 32 kg × 2.5 m/s

                   = 80 Kgm/s

Thus, the momentum of the Canoe is 80 kgm/s.