Newton’s Second Law corrected the old belief that force is needed to maintain motion. This idea came from the philosopher:
Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Which of the following has the largest inertia?
Options
A car
A truck
A cricket ball
A ball pen
MCQ
Advertisements
Solution
Out of all these, as mass of truck is greatest and mass is measure of inertia so a truck has maximum inertia
shaalaa.com
Is there an error in this question or solution?
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
An object is placed far away from all the objects that can exert force on it. A frame of reference is constructed by taking the origin and axes fixed in this object. Will the frame be necessarily inertial?
If the tension in the cable supporting an elevator is equal to the weight of the elevator, the elevator may be
(a) going up with increasing speed
(b) going down with increasing speed
(c) going up with uniform speed
(d) going down with uniform speed
Two blocks of equal mass m are tied to each other through a light string. One of the blocks is pulled along the line joining them with a constant force F. Find the tension in the string joining the blocks.
State Newton's second law of motion. Under what condition does it take the form F = ma?
The unit of linear momentum is :
A force acts for 10 s on a stationary body of mass 100 kg, after which the force ceases to act. The body moves through a distance of 100 m in the next 5 s. Calculate : The magnitude of the force
Name the physical entity used for quantifying the motion of a body.
A stone is dropped from a cliff 98 m high.
What will be its speed when it strikes the ground?
According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, what quantity is directly proportional to the applied force?
