SOLUTION: What is the momentum of a fuel tanker moving to the west that has a loaded tonnage of 800000 tons ( lets use metric tons .. 1 ton = 1000 kg ) and a speed of 36.0 mph in kg*m/s

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Question 1182443: What is the momentum of a fuel tanker moving to the west that has a loaded tonnage of 800000 tons ( lets use metric tons .. 1 ton = 1000 kg ) and a speed of 36.0 mph in kg*m/s
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loaded tonnage of 800000 tons
800000*1000 = 8*10^8 kg
speed = 26 mph
1 mph = 0.477 m/s
Momentum P = m * v
P= 8*10^8 * 0.477
= 381600000 kg.m/s