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Work (W) is the product of force (F) times distance (D):
W = F x D
"Inertia" just means that you got a shove and nothing prevented you from stopping. You have potential energy, but you haven't done work until you slam into something.
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Are mass and inertia directly or inversely related?
mass and inertia are the same thing.
Does inertia work in space?
Simple answer, yes!
How does inertia affect gravity?
Inertia does not affect gravity, these are two entirely separate things, even though they both are produced by the same thing, which is mass. Mass creates both inertia and gravity, but inertia and gravity do not affect each other.
Explain the term inertia?
Inertia is the energy contained in an objects motion. Its' potential to do work. A spinning top has inertia as does the World or any planet. This spinning motion can be made to do work and slows as it gives up its' energy. Mass plus spin or gravity generate power.
Does a 1 kilogram ball or a 10 kilogram ball have more momentum?
Inertia is directly proportional to mass. Unless you mean rotational inertia, in which case it depends on the shape, but for two objects of the same shape (and mass distribution), the more massive always has higher inertia.
When an astronaut lands on the moon his inertia would be less more or same?
Inertia is related to MASS. MASS is a property of matter. Matter is the same on the Earth or on the Moon. Therefore his inertia would be the same.
Is friction inertia's component?
Yes, because the friction is the same for the component of inertia.
Are mass and inertia directly or inversely related?
mass and inertia are the same thing.
How is force and inertia the same?
Force and inertia are not the same. They are quite different. They do both have a relationship to the motion of objects having mass.
Is average speed the same thing as inertia?
No. Inertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its velocity.
Is motion the same with inertia?
Inertia resists the change in its motion/ velocity, and is proportional to its mass.
Does inertia work in space?
Simple answer, yes!
How does inertia work?
It is exactly the same as momentum and covered by Newton's first law of motion. Inertia is a way of expressing the force required to get an object to move from rest, or the force required to change the velocity or direction of an object in motion. Anything that has mass will have inertia - a "resistance to move or change velocity or direction of motion".
Two masses are in the ratio 1 4 what is the ratio of their inertia?
The ratio is the same. Inertia depends entirely on mass.
Is the inertia of a body equal to its mass?
Inertia is related to the mass, and it is proportional to the mass. When measuring things, you will usually measure the mass, not the inertia - but it basically amounts to the same. Just consider the mass to be what gives an object its inertia.
What would cause objects that have the same mass to have different amounts of inertia?
Different velocities is what causes objects to have the same mass and different amounts of inertia. This can be written in a formula.
What is the definiton of inertia?
inertia is the tendency of an object to remain at rest, or to continue to move in the same direction at constant speed. [physics]
