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CHAPTER
(^7) Momentum
Chapter Outline
7.1 Momentum
7.2 IMPULSE
7.3 CONSERVATION OFMOMENTUM ANDCENTER OFMASS
7.4 COLLISIONS ANDCONSERVATIONPRINCIPLES
7.5 REFERENCES
FIGURE 7.1
Momentum is another way of looking at how objects affect each others’ motion. Rather than looking at how forces
change over the time of the interaction, we can look at how objects are moving before they interact and then after
they interact.