Newton’s Second Law corrected the old belief that force is needed to maintain motion. This idea came from the philosopher ______.
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प्रश्न
The linear momentum of a body of mass m moving with velocity v is :
विकल्प
v/m
m/v
mv
1/mv
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उत्तर
The linear momentum of a body of mass m moving with velocity v is : mv
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