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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/02%3A_C2)_Particles_and_Interactions/2.01%3A_Inertia
      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 (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 Δv1 and Δvs, and take the quantity Δvs/Δv1 as the numerical value of the ratio of the inertia of object 1 to the inertia of the standard object.

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