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a sports car and a minivan run out of gas and are pushed to the side of the road. which is easier to push, and why? the minivan, because it has more mass and therefore more inertia the minivan, because it has less mass and therefore less inertia the sports car, because it has more mass and therefore more inertia the sports car, because it has less mass and therefore less inertia
Inertia is related to mass. The greater the mass, the greater the inertia. A sports - car generally has less mass than a minivan. Less mass means less inertia, and it is easier to change the state of motion of an object with less inertia.
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the sports car, because it has less mass and therefore less inertia