Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)

Published by Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10: 0321909100
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-910-7

Chapter 6 - Think and Solve - Page 105: 29

Answer

The bowling ball has a momentum of $$(10 kg)(6 m/s) = $60 \frac{kg \cdot m}{s}$$ This is the magnitude of the impulse needed to stop it. (Note that units of $N \cdot s = \frac{kg \cdot m}{s}$.)
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