physics hw questions....
Can you feel the inertia of a pencil? of a book?
thank you.
2007-09-16 20:47:25 · 5 answers · asked by JewishLady 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
when we hold a pencil ,it rotates, & we feel inertia.
2007-09-16 20:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by vasav d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inertia of body is a property by virtue of which the body opposes to change in its state of motion or rest. So, according to this if you push a book which is on a table you can feel that it will start moving only after the push has reached to a certain limit.
Same experiments can be done with pencil or any other object.
2007-09-17 04:24:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ehsan R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inertia is the characteristic of a body . The body has its inertia. You cannot feel something possessed by some other body.
Its absurd to say " I can feel the velocity of some other body"
In the same way the given statement is wrong.
Its like saying "I can feel the weight of a body that I am holding" Actually you don't feel the weight of the body, its a force equal to weight of body (reaction to normal force)
2007-09-17 03:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by ♠ Author♠ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop the book on your head. Did you feel something? THat is the book's interia. It resists a change in motion. It wants to keep moving but your head forces it to stop.
2007-09-17 04:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no..because we are very much more massive than the pencil...or than the book...
2007-09-17 03:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by Ginny Weasley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋