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Inertia is _____(a) Property of mass to remain unchanged(b) Property of mass to change continuously(c) Property of mass to accelerate(d) Tendency of mass to accelerateThe question was posed to me in final exam.This intriguing question originated from Newton’s First Law of Motion in chapter Laws of Motion of Physics – Class 11

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Right answer is (c) PROPERTY of mass to accelerate

Best explanation: Inertia is the property of mass to remain UNCHANGED. Inertia is because of which a mass continues to remain in its ORIGINAL state in absence of any external force. Inertia of a body can be CHANGED only by an external force.



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