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A freight train rolls along a track with considerable momentum. If it were to roll at the same speed but had twice as much as mass, its momentum would be:


A

Doubled

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B

Quadrupled

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C

Zero

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D

Unchanged

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Solution

The correct option is A

Doubled


Since p = mv

So p1 = (2m) × v = 2mv = 2 p

The momentum would be doubled.


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