linear momentum
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For all systems under all circumstances, energy, charge, linear momentum, and angular momentum are conserved.
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Questions like these have answers based in angular momentum, the rotational analog to linear momentum.
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Angular momentum, like energy and linear momentum, is conserved.
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The change in linear momentum for a constant-mass system is the product of the mass of the system and the change in velocity of the center of mass.
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The linear momentum of a system is conserved.
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