Question

What is the momentum of a 1.5 × 103 kilogram van that is moving at a velocity of 32 meters/second?

Answer 1

4.85 x10^4. This is the right answer says yahoo. I hope it helps.

Answer 2

Answer : Momentum, p = 48000 kg m/s

Explanation :

Given that,

Mass of the van, $m=1.5\times 10^3\ kg$

Velocity of the van, $v=32\ m/s$

Momentum of the van is given by the product of the mass and the velocity with which it is moving. It is given as :

$p=mv$

$p=1.5\times 10^3\ kg\times 32\ m/s$

$p=48000\ kg\ m/s$

Hence, the momentum of the van is 48000 kg m/s.