why do the maximum and minimum momenta have opposite signs? like cart 1 hitting cart 2...

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why do the maximum and minimum momenta have oppositesigns? like cart 1 hitting cart 2 why would cart one be positiveand cart to be negative?

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see you have talked about the carts so im considering that you are talking about momentum AS we also have moment of force ie torque See momentum is a vector quantity so the sigh in front of a no like 5 or 3 just represent the direction with respect to each other    See Answer
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