Q&A: When a golf ball hits a golf club, the change in momentum of the ball is __ the change in momentum of the club?

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Question by : When a golf ball hits a golf club, the change in momentum of the ball is __ the change in momentum of the club?
This is a question on my review in Honors Physics. Thanks so much for your help!

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the change in the ball’s momentum is equal to the change in the clubs momentum, in agreeance with newtons law that the total momentum of a system must stay the same during a collision.

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February 10, 2012

Mermaid @ 4:29 pm #

Equal and opposite. Momentum is conserved.

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