AP EAPCET 25-Aug-2021 Shift 1 Paper

Let the mass of the body be m and velocity of
the body be v, such that it has momentum p and kinetic energy E.
Momentum, p=mv
⇒p2=m2v2
Kinetic energy, E=

1

2

mv2
⇒E=

p2

2m

Hence, the nature of the graph between momentum of a body and its kinetic energy is parabola.
i,e., E∝p2