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Does Momentum have a direction ?


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  1. Momentum is the product of the mass and the velocity. Momentum is a vector quantity. Vector quantity is the quantity that has both the magnitude and the direction.
  2. Momentum=mass×velocity [Where, mass is a scaler quantity and velocity is the vector quantity]
  3. The direction of the momentum is the same as that of the velocity.
  4. Therefore, the Momentum has a direction.

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