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Why is momentum considered to be a vector quantity?
Momentum has to indicate both magnitude and direction.
Momentum has to have a positive value.
Momentum has to be calculated using speed.
Momentum has a quantity but not a unit.
A stationary object has a small amount of momentum.
True
False
Calculate the momentum of a 55-kg running back moving westward at 10 m/s.
550 kg·m/s, west
550 kg·m/s
550 m/s, west
550 kg, west
You are calculating the momentum of a 2 kg toy car moving along the sidewalk at a speed of 0.5 m/s. What would happen to the momentum if you doubled the mass of the car?
You would double the momentum.
You would triple the momentum.
You would half the momentum.
The momentum would not change.
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