Why does Splatter Car move after the air is out of the balloon? It has to do with momentum, mass and velociity. Momentum, or amount of motion, is mass x velocity. So Splatter Car's mass times its velocity equals its momentum. The air being let out of the balloon causes velocity, and mass is the amount of matter in the car. This means that if mass in the car isn't too much, when multipled by the velocity, the momentum should carry the car forward after the ballooon runs out of air. Momentum plays a key role in this project.
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