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A truck (with a mass of 3550 kg) is moving at 15 m/s. There is an...

A truck (with a mass of 3550 kg) is moving at 15 m/s. There is an accident up ahead so the truck driver applies the brakes and brings the truck to a stop. The law of conservation of momentum says that momentum cannot be created or destroyed. What happened to the momentum of the truck ?
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