One object is traveling northeast with a momentum of 12 kg-m/s, while a second object is traveling southwest on the same path as the first object with a momentum of 4 kg-m/s. When the two objects collide, they stick together. What is the momentum after their collision?(1 point)

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Responses

8 kg-m/s northeast
8 kg-m/s northeast

16 kg-m/s southwest
16 kg-m/s southwest

16 kg-m/s northeast
16 kg-m/s northeast

8 kg-m/s southwest

Answer 1

To find the total momentum after the collision, we need to add up the momenta of the two objects before the collision.

The first object has a momentum of 12 kg-m/s northeast, and the second object has a momentum of 4 kg-m/s southwest.

Since they are on the same path, we can combine their momenta by simply adding them together:

12 kg-m/s northeast + 4 kg-m/s southwest = 8 kg-m/s northeast

Therefore, the momentum after the collision is 8 kg-m/s northeast.

The correct response is: 8 kg-m/s northeast.