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Name the physical quantity which determines the direction of the momentum of an object?


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Solution

  1. Momentum is defined as the product of mass and velocity.
  2. Formula:- momentum=mass×velocityp=m×v
  3. As velocity is a vector quantity.
  4. So, velocity is used to determine the direction of momentum.

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