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State the three kinds of inertia with one example of each.
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Answer
Inertia of rest, as when the dust flies off a carpet that is beaten. Inertia of motion, as when a passenger lurches forward when a bus stops suddenly. Inertia of direction, as when mud flies off tangentially from the wheel of a moving cycle.
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Explanation
The mass of a body is the measure of its inertia.
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