BRAINCAKEMomentum as a Vector
Momentum is defined as
p = mv
where m is the mass (kg) and v is the velocity (m s-1). Its unit is kg m s-1, which is the same as N s. Because velocity is a vector, momentum is a vector: it has both magnitude and direction, and points in the same direction as the velocity.
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