Conservation of momentum explains why a gun or cannon recoils backwards when it is fired. When a cannon is fired, the cannon ball gains forward momentum and the cannon gains backward momentum.

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What is momentum ? As defined by all writers on mechanics, it is the product of the mass of a body multiplied by its velocity. As understood by a majority of their readers, it conveys a different ...

It travels south at a speed of 25 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the lorry. Conservation of momentum explains why a gun or cannon recoils backwards when it is fired. When a cannon is fired ...