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DIRECTIONS : Read the following statements and write your answer as true or false.

Momentum is never created nor destroyed.


A
True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is A True

The explanation:

  1. The mass of the body multiplied by its velocity is the definition of momentum.
  2. The conservation of momentum principle states that momentum is neither created nor destroyed, but only changed by the action of forces as described by Newton's laws of motion.
  3. Momentum is never created nor destroyed.

Hence, the given statement is true.


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