IB skill practice

Find impulse from a force-time graph

Find the impulse as the area under a force-time graph (the triangle area = half force times time = change in momentum).

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Find impulse from a force-time graph

A force grows steadily from zero, shown on a force-time graph. The impulse is the area under the line. Find the impulse (the shaded triangle), in newton-seconds (N s).