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What does Momentum do?

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rotate a body or try to rotate.

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What is the momentum and derive the formula for the momentum?
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What can momentum be?
It could be the product of (mass) times (velocity).
In momentum calculations why does p stand for momentum?
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How does a football player increase their momentum momentum?
-- eat more -- run faster
Does impulse equal momentum or a change in momentum?
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