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Two 1.5 kg balls move away from each

other, one traveling 6 m/s to the right, the
other 2 m/s to the left.
What is the magnitude of the total momentum of the system?
Answer in units of kg · m/s

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total momentum:

1.5(6R+2L)=1.5(6R-2R)=6Right
magnitude: 6 kg m/s

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