You are given four blocks of equal volume; rubber, aluminium, iron and glass, which has the maximum inertia, and why?

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Solution

Among the four blocks, the iron block has the maximum inertia.
It is because for the same volume of the given blocks iron has more mass.
And inertia is the property of matter which is directly proportional to the quantity of mass.
That is why iron block has maximum inertia.

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