Question

Example of inertia of direction.

Answer 1

Examples of inertia of direction are:-

1. When a car makes a sharp turn at a high speed, the driver tends to get thrown to another side due to inertia of direction.
2. The spark coming out of a grinding stone is tangential to the rotating stone due to directional inertia.
3. The mud from the wheels of a moving vehicle flies off tangentially.
4. It is advised to tie our luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a rope because luggage can be thrown sideways during a turn due to inertia of direction.
5. Water is flowing in a particular direction and if you place a rotating wheel particles of water fly of tangentially due to inertia of direction.