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To: Rokke
Ok Rokke, without going a whole lot into your post #359, you've made another error. You've stated;

Momemtum is composed of mass (inertia) and velocity which is NOT "stored energy".

Mass in NOT inertia. Mass is matter, the substance of what we know as atoms and molecules. Inertia is the resistance to change of motion, as described by Newton's First Law.

You are right, velocity is not "stored energy", it is rate of change in displacement (location) in relation to time.

Momentem is mass times velocity, or p = mv.

Now what do you want to discuss in relation to post #359?

929 posted on 09/03/2002 10:22:19 PM PDT by FormerLurker
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momentem = momentum
930 posted on 09/03/2002 10:25:39 PM PDT by FormerLurker
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One of these days I'll have to take a remedial typing course...

Mass in is NOT inertia.

931 posted on 09/03/2002 10:56:01 PM PDT by FormerLurker
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To: Rokke; All
Ok, I'll even grant you the fact that in the traditional sense of the word, mass is the numerical measure of inertia. However, mass still doesn't equate to inertia, just as velocity doesn't equate to energy.

Now proceed with your argument if you'd like....

933 posted on 09/04/2002 12:00:01 AM PDT by FormerLurker
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