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Apply: conservation of momentum

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Problem

A person applies a 20N force for 2seconds to a shopping cart with an initial momentum of 60kgms to slow it down.
What is the change in momentum of the shopping cart?
Your answer should have one significant figure.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
kgms