Momentum - Conservation of Momentum Principle

• Momentum


  A property that all moving objects have
• Momentum


  Mass of an object multiplied by its velocity
• Momentum


  • A vector quantity with both magnitude and direction
• Conservation of momentum principle


  In a closed system, the total momentum before an event is the same as the total momentum after the event
• Finding velocity after collision

  1. Find total momentum before collision

  2. Use conservation of momentum principle

  3. Rearrange momentum equation to find velocity
• Stationary object's momentum


  Zero
• Momentum equation


  p = mv