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Momentum Calculator

Linear momentum from mass and velocity, or the mass or velocity behind a known momentum.

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p = m × v

Momentum is mass in motion. It is conserved in collisions: the total momentum before equals the total after, whatever happens to the energy. It has a direction, so a negative velocity gives a negative momentum.

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