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    Mar 8, 2012, 01:25 PM
    Mass, direction, and speed are all factors in calculating momentum
    Mass, direction, and speed are all factors in calculating momentum
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    Mar 8, 2012, 02:25 PM
    Yep, that's true. Momentum is a vector quantity, calculated as .
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