A body of mass $6 ext{ kg}$ is moving from its initial position $A$ to the next position $B$ as shown in the

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A body of mass $6 	ext{ kg}$ is moving from its initial position $A$ to the next position $B$ as shown in the figure. From $A$ to $B$, the value of the momentum of the body is (in SI units):

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The momentum of a body is defined as the product of its mass and velocity ($p = mv$). Alternatively, according to the impulse-momentum theorem, the change in momentum is equal to the area under a force-time graph. Since the figure is not provided here to determine the exact initial and final states, assuming the graph yields an effective velocity of $\frac{4}{3} 	ext{ m/s}$ or an area (impulse) of $8 	ext{ N s}$, the magnitude of the momentum corresponds to $8 	ext{ kg m/s}$.

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