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Grade 8General Physics

if the total mechanical energy of a particle is zero, is its linear momentum necessarily zero? is it necessarily non zero?

Profile image of prasanjeet kumar
12 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Dear student

The answer is no

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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Mathematically, momentum is the body's mass multiplied by its velocity. If the body has 0 mechanical energy, then that means it's kinetic energy is also 0, which means it's velocity is 0, which finally means it's momentum is 0. Yes, necessarily the momentum can be non-zero.