Newton’s Laws and Linear Momentum: Difference between revisions
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Like velocity, linear momentum is a vector quantity, possessing a direction as well as a magnitude: | Like velocity, linear momentum is a vector quantity, possessing a direction as well as a magnitude: | ||
:<math>\mathbf{p} = m \mathbf{v}</math> | :<math>\mathbf{p} = m \mathbf{v}</math> | ||
where p is the vector stating the object's momentum in the three directions of three-dimensional space, and where v is the three-dimensional velocity vector giving the object's rate of movement in each direction, and m is the object's mass. | |||
===A Computational Model=== | ===A Computational Model=== | ||
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The Main Idea
Linear momentum is a vector quantity which is defined by the product of an object's mass, generally denoted as the lowercase "m", and its velocity (a vector), v. Linear momentum is represented by the letter "p" and is generally referred to as momentum for short.
A Mathematical Model
Like velocity, linear momentum is a vector quantity, possessing a direction as well as a magnitude:
- [math]\displaystyle{ \mathbf{p} = m \mathbf{v} }[/math]
where p is the vector stating the object's momentum in the three directions of three-dimensional space, and where v is the three-dimensional velocity vector giving the object's rate of movement in each direction, and m is the object's mass.
A Computational Model
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- http://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/Velocity
- http://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/Mass
- http://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/Vectors
- http://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/Newton%E2%80%99s_Second_Law_of_Motion
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Chabay, Sherwood. (2015). Matter and Interactions (4th ed., Vol. 1). Raleigh, North Carolina: Wiley.
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