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Mass is a measure of inertia, right? A car traveling at a high speed has a lot of inertia. Does this mean that the faster the car goes, the greater the inertia and the greater the mass?

2007-09-11 12:45:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

2 answers

No:
Inertia as energy is MxV.
The increase comes from the speed, not the mass.
(Until you get to relativistic speeds that is.)

Inertia as a property is resistance to acceleration.
It doesn't change. (Again, until you get ....).

You are confusing the terms.

2007-09-11 13:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0 0

Yes.

2007-09-15 09:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0 0

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