A body of mass is moving from its initial position to the next position as shown in the figure. From to , the value of the momentum of the body is (in SI units):
The momentum of a body is defined as the product of its mass and velocity (). 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 or an area (impulse) of , the magnitude of the momentum corresponds to .
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