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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_I_(2211)/06%3A_Mass_and_Inertia/6.01%3A_InertiaSo there is nothing wrong with the law of inertia, but there is a problem with the reference frame: if I want to describe the motion of objects in a reference frame like a plane being shaken up or a c...So there is nothing wrong with the law of inertia, but there is a problem with the reference frame: if I want to describe the motion of objects in a reference frame like a plane being shaken up or a car that is speeding up or slowing down, I need to allow for the fact that objects may move—always relative to that frame—in an apparent violation of the law of inertia.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/02%3A_C2)_Particles_and_Interactions/2.01%3A_InertiaThen, to determine the inertia of another object, which we will label with the subscript 1, just arrange a one-dimensional collision between object 1 and the standard, under the right conditions (basi...Then, to determine the inertia of another object, which we will label with the subscript 1, just arrange a one-dimensional collision between object 1 and the standard, under the right conditions (basically, no net external forces), measure the velocity changes \Delta v_1 and \Delta v_s, and take the quantity −\Delta v_s/ \Delta v_1 as the numerical value of the ratio of the inertia of object 1 to the inertia of the standard object.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Merrimack_College/Conservation_Laws_Newton's_Laws_and_Kinematics_version_2.0/02%3A_C2)_Particles_and_Interactions/2.01%3A_InertiaThen, to determine the inertia of another object, which we will label with the subscript 1, just arrange a one-dimensional collision between object 1 and the standard, under the right conditions (basi...Then, to determine the inertia of another object, which we will label with the subscript 1, just arrange a one-dimensional collision between object 1 and the standard, under the right conditions (basically, no net external forces), measure the velocity changes \Delta v_1 and \Delta v_s, and take the quantity −\Delta v_s/ \Delta v_1 as the numerical value of the ratio of the inertia of object 1 to the inertia of the standard object.
