A truck driving along a highway road has a lot of momentum. If it moves at the same speed but has twice as much mass, its momentum is __.

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Consider the initial case if a truck of mass m, is moving with a velocity of v, the momentum is mv. If the mass is twice and the velocity is the same momentum = 2m $\times$ v = 2mv. Hence, the momentum is doubled.

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