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Inertia
The property of an object by virtue of which it cannot change its state of rest or of uniform
motion along a straight line its own, is called inertia.
Inertia is a measure of mass of a body. Greater the mass of a body greater will be its inertia or
vice-versa.
Inertia is of three types:
(i) Inertia of Rest When a bus or train starts to move suddenly, the passengers sitting in it falls
backward due to inertia of rest.
(ii) Inertia of Motion When a moving bus or train stops sud
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