Lesson · P.3.2

Momentum and impulse

Momentum, p = m × v, and impulse, F × t = m × (v_f - v_i), the push behind a stop or a collision, plus conservation of momentum, which keeps the total steady when two objects collide, the way the HESI A2 physics subtest tests motion transferred between them.

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