Explain conservation of momentum?
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In Newtonian mechanics, linear momentum, translational momentum, or simply momentum (pl. momenta) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object.
It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction.
If m is an object's mass and v is its velocity (also a vector quantity), then the object's momentum is: =m.
In SI units, momentum is measured in kilogram meters per second (kg⋅m/s).