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1.9: Mass and Weight

Inertia - The property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.

Mass - The quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion.

Weight - The force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass.



Q: What is the definition of Inertia?

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