Coming from a college student, this is going to sound ludicrous but what is momentum? I am fully aware of the formulae for momentum and kinetic energy but do not fully understand the difference. I am aware that momentum is the differential of kinetic energy but am just having a hard time trying to understand what it is?
Why is it that momentum is always conserved in a collision, even when some energy can be released from the system (inelastic collision)
Why is it that momentum is always conserved in a collision, even when some energy can be released from the system (inelastic collision)