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A car and a bus are driving along a road at the same speed. The bus has twice the mass of the car. Which vehicle has the greater momentum?

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A car and a bus are driving along a road at the same speed. The bus has twice the mass of the car. Which vehicle has the greater momentum?

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Solution

The vehicle with the greater momentum would be the bus.

Here's why:

Momentum is calculated by the formula: momentum = mass x velocity.

In this case, both the car and the bus are moving at the same speed, so their velocities are equal. However, the bus has twice the mass of the car.

Therefore, when you multiply the mass and velocity for each vehicle, the bus will have twice the momentum of the car because it has twice the mass.

So, the bus has the greater momentum.

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