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calling all physicists

Well, F*t is N*s = kg*m/s^2*s = kg*m/s which is m*v

Dimensional analysis is your friend 🙂

EDIT - I was unclear--impulse is s CHANGE in momentum. User1001 is right.
Dimensional analysis is still your friend, though 🙂
 
i am not a doctor, but i stayed at a holiday inn express last night

turn your head and cough, please
 
ok. i calculated the area under the curve. now it wants me to claculate and record the product of mass and change in velocity so... m*(Vf-Vi). and how should that compare to the area under the curve
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
i am not a doctor, but i stayed at a holiday inn express last night

turn your head and cough, please
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haha, sorry, I have nothing to add, but that was funny. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: causearuckus
ok. i calculated the area under the curve. now it wants me to claculate and record the product of mass and change in velocity so... m*(Vf-Vi). and how should that compare to the area under the curve
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..... is that a statement or a question? If you understand what an impulse meant, you shouldn't be asking this.
 
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