ORIGINAL: LouisianaTomkat
mo·men·tum
1.
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill.
speedPhysics The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially:
Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
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So can somebody explain why one is different from the other? I realize mass is involved to some degree.
LT
Speed is speed ... how fast something is going
Momentum is speed X Mass (weight)
get it?