Answer:
Scenario 2
Explanation:
The momentum of an object is a vector quantity given by:
[tex]p=mv[/tex]
where
m is the mass of the object
v is the velocity of the object
From the equation, we see that the momentum is directly proportional to the velocity of the object.
In this problem, the velocities of the student in the 3 situations are:
v1 = 3 m/s
v2 = 0.5 m/s
v3 = 7 m/s
And since momentum is directly proportional to the momentum, the student has least momentum when he has least velocity: therefore, in situation 2.
