Question

A car has a mass of 1500 kg and a momentum of 500 kgm/s. What is its velocity?

Answer 1

Given data:

The mass of car is m=1500 kg.

The momentum of the car is p=500 kgm/s.

The expression for the momentum is given by,

$p=mv$

Substitute the given values in above equation,

$\begin{gathered} \frac{500kgm}{s}=(1500kg)v \\ v=0.333\text{ m/s} \end{gathered}$

Thus, the velocity of the car is 0.333 m/s.