A bird hits the windscreen of a fast moving car and falls on the bonnet. Which of the two, bird or car, suffer a grater change in momentum?

The momentum is given by , p = m×v , that is product of mass and velocity. As we know that mass of both the objects will be constant and what will change is velocity , so car due to heavier mass and hence more inertia of motion will remain in motion and will experience little reduction in speed whereas bird has negligible mass as compared to car , so it will experience more drastic change in it’s velocity and in momentum.


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