Why Does The Big Car Has A Greater Momentum?

Why does the big car has a greater momentum?

 

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Momentum is the tendency of an object to continue moving. The mathematical formula of momentum is (momentum = mass × velocity)

This means, heavier object have bigger momentum compared to lighter or smaller object considering if they are moving at the same velocity.

Example:

Two objects with different mass running at the same velocity 20 m/s east and heavy object has 50 kg mass and lighter object has 25 kg mass. Which has greater momentum?

                                      Heavy object                    Lighter Object

m (mass)                           50 kg                                  25 kg

v (velocity)                        20 m/s                                  20 m/s

p (momentum)                     ?                                            ?                      

                Momentum (heavy object)               Momentum (Light Object)

                        p = mv                                        p = mv

                          = 100 kg × 10 m/s                      = 50 kg × 10 m/s

                          = 1000 kg.m/s                           = 500 kg.m/s

                           Greater momentum               Lesser momentum

Bigger object are usually heavy, which have greater momentum compared to smaller object that are lighter