Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) Physics Student Book · Chapter 4: Momentum

Momentum past paper questions

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Question 1 · Paper 2P, June 2023 · Q4(a)–(c)4 marks
Question 4: bird X (mass 0.41 kg, velocity 13 m/s) about to catch the smaller bird Y; (a) show that the momentum of bird X is about 5 kg m/s, (b) total momentum before, (c) total momentum after.

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