uppose a 1850 kg elephant is charging a hunter at a speed of 6.5 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the elephant, in kilogram meters per second.  How many times larger is the elephant's momentum than the momentum of a 0.036-kg tranquilizer dart fired at a speed of 205 m/s?  What is the momentum, in kilogram meters per second, of the 87.5-kg hunter running at 5.8 m/s after missing the elephant?

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Suppose a 1850 kg elephant is charging a hunter at a speed of 6.5 m/s.

Calculate the momentum of the elephant, in kilogram meters per second. 

How many times larger is the elephant's momentum than the momentum of a 0.036-kg tranquilizer dart fired at a speed of 205 m/s? 

What is the momentum, in kilogram meters per second, of the 87.5-kg hunter running at 5.8 m/s after missing the elephant? 

 

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