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During WW2, battleships would shoot their 16-inch main guns to project an 800km projectile at the enemy as far as 22 miles aways. If the projectile leaves the muzzle moving at +850m/s, what is the momentum of that projectile?

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The momentum of the projectile is 6.8 * 10⁵ kgm/s

Momentum and projectiles

Momentum of an object is the product of the mass of that object and its velocity.

  • Momentum, p = m*v

where m is mass of object

v is velocity of object

A projectile is an object launched into space and allowed to fall freely under the force of gravity.

The momentum of a projectile is conserved in the horizontal direction since no net force acts on the projectile in the horizontal direction.

using the formula for momentum;

p = m*v

Assuming the mass of the projectile to be 800 kg

Velocity of the projectile = 850 m/s

p = 800 kg * 850 m/s

p = 6.8 * 10⁵ kgm/s

Therefore, the momentum of the projectile is 6.8 * 10⁵ kgm/s

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