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Impulse and Momentum
LINEAR MOMENTUM
It is defined as the product of the mass and the velocity of a particle. It is a vector quantity.
PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTUM FOR A PARTICLE
Consider a particle of mass m acted upon by a force F. The equation of motion can be written as
where m is constant.
Newton called mv the momentum of the particle
The force that acts on a particle is equal to the time rate of change of the momentum of the ...
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