Inertia is basically the tendency of an object to oppose a change in its state.
Mathematically, inertia is proportional, or even equal, to mass.
You can understand this as 'it's harder to move an elephant than a rat'.
Thus, an elephant experiences more inertia.
A rat experiences more inertia or a elephant
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It is the product of mass and velocity.
the weight of a small type of elephant is around 6000 pounds on earth which is around 2600 kg mass.
now the rat mass might be around 0.5 kg maximum.
Let's guess the maximum speed of an elephant is around 100 km/hr or 50 miles/hour
so the magnitude of elephant momentum might be around 260,000 kg m/s
How fast would that big rat have to go?
0.5 * v = 260,000
v = 520,000 km/hour
That is one fast rat :)
the weight of a small type of elephant is around 6000 pounds on earth which is around 2600 kg mass.
now the rat mass might be around 0.5 kg maximum.
Let's guess the maximum speed of an elephant is around 100 km/hr or 50 miles/hour
so the magnitude of elephant momentum might be around 260,000 kg m/s
How fast would that big rat have to go?
0.5 * v = 260,000
v = 520,000 km/hour
That is one fast rat :)
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