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Momentum is a ______ quantity

(a) Scalar

(b) Vector

(c) Infinite

(d) Zero

This question was posed to me in unit test.

My enquiry is from Impulse Momentum Equation topic in chapter Fluid Dynamics of Fluid Mechanics

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Right choice is (b) Vector

Easy explanation: Momentum is a vector quantity as it has both size and direction. Size of the momentum is equal to the mass of the object into the size of the objects velocity. The direction of objects velocity is the same as the direction of the momentum.

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