imagine we are on frictionless surface and we have a gun.in our frame we are initially standing so momentum initial is zero but after we fire bullet we will see bullet moving.so momentum is not conserved in our frame.why?
vishal vaibhav , 13 Years ago
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Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
Last Activity: 13 Years ago
In "our frame", the gun will recoil, so momentum is conserved. the reference frame of the GUN is a non-inertial frame,that is why momentum is not conserved
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