Two football players are running toward each other. One football player has a mass of 105 kg and is running at 8.6 m/s. The other player has a mass of 90 kg and is running at -9.0 m/s.

What is the momentum of the system after the football players collide?

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Two football players are running toward each other. One football player has a mass of 105 kg and is running at 8.6 m/s. The other player has a mass of 90 kg and is running at -9.0 m/s.

What is the momentum of the system after the football players collide?

DestructoGaming · Answer

@snowflake0531  help or ideas?

snowflake0531 · Answer

I can help with math, not science/physics xd
@darkknight  if you feel like it lol

DestructoGaming · Answer

@darkknight  ideas?

darkknight · Answer

linear momentum (P) = m* v
take the momentum of the 2 players and add them together