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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Muhlenberg_College/MC%3A_Physics_121_-_General_Physics_I/10%3A_Linear_Momentum_and_Collisions/10.02%3A_Linear_Momentum
      Momentum is a concept that describes how the motion of an object depends not only on its mass, but also its velocity. Momentum is a vector quantity that depends equally on an object's mass and velocit...Momentum is a concept that describes how the motion of an object depends not only on its mass, but also its velocity. Momentum is a vector quantity that depends equally on an object's mass and velocity. The SI unit for momentum is kg • m/s.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Workbench/PH_245_Textbook_V2/04%3A_Module_3_-_Conservation_Laws/4.03%3A_Objective_3.c./4.3.01%3A_Linear_Momentum
      Momentum is a concept that describes how the motion of an object depends not only on its mass, but also its velocity. Momentum is a vector quantity that depends equally on an object's mass and velocit...Momentum is a concept that describes how the motion of an object depends not only on its mass, but also its velocity. Momentum is a vector quantity that depends equally on an object's mass and velocity. The SI unit for momentum is kg • m/s.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_I_(2211)/09%3A_Momentum/9.01%3A_Linear_Momentum
      The mass of the ball is about 0.5 kg, so the momentum vector is about half the length of the velocity vector because momentum is velocity time mass. (credit: modification of work by Ben Sutherland) Fo...The mass of the ball is about 0.5 kg, so the momentum vector is about half the length of the velocity vector because momentum is velocity time mass. (credit: modification of work by Ben Sutherland) For example, as you will learn when you study thermodynamics, the average speed of an air molecule at room temperature (Figure \PageIndex3) is approximately 500 m/s, with an average molecular mass of 6×1025kg; its momentum is thus

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