Give one example of each of the following:

(a) inertia of rest, and
(b) inertia of motion.

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Solution

(a) Inertia of rest: When you shake the branch of a tree, the leaves get detached.

(b) Inertia of motion: A person travelling in a bus falls forward when brakes are applied.

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