Answer to Question #154174 in Classical Mechanics for Max

Question

A hockey puck with a mass of 0.170 kg glides on an ice rink with a momentum of 1.60 kg m / s. What is the speed in m / s of the puck?

Answer 1

Momentum is given by

$P=mv\\v=\frac{P}{m}\\v=\frac{1.60}{0.170}=9.41m/s$

So speed of hockey puck is 9.41m/s