When you release an inflated but untied balloon, why does

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When you release an inflated but untied balloon, why does it fly across the room?

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QUESTION:

Problem 3Q

When you release an inflated but untied balloon, why does it fly across the room?

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Solution 3Q:

        We have to explain the reason for the movement of inflated and untied balloon across the room even though no force is acting on it.

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Concept:

        Law of conservation of linear momentum: If no external force acts on the system, then the final momentum of the system is equal to the initial momentum of the system. Thus momentum is conserved.

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