Consider a light plastic ball and a heavy stone of the same size. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

The plastic ball has more inertia than the stone.

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They will not have any inertia.

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The stone has more inertia than the ball.

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Both of them have the same inertia.

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Solution

The correct option is C The stone has more inertia than the ball.
Inertia is the tendency of all objects to resist any change in the state of rest or motion. Mass is a measure of inertia. The more the mass, the more is the inertia.

The mass of a stone is more than the mass of a plastic ball of the same size. Hence, the inertia of the stone is greater than that of the plastic ball.

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