Asked by lisa

what has more inertia?a basketball sitting on the floor or a basketball which has just been shot at

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Answered by drwls
You SHOOT a basketball; you don't shoot AT it.

Inertia is another word for mass. It is a measure of the resistance to acceleration. Mass does not depend upon velocity.

The inertia is the same in both cases, since the mass is the same.
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