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You are waiting for a train on a railway platform. Your three-year-old niece is standing on your iron trunk containing the luggage. Why does the trunk not recoil as she jumps off on the platform?

Jayant Kumar , 12 Years ago
Grade 11
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Apoorva Arora
It happens because of the inertia of the trunk. Inertia is a property of mass. Since, the mass of the trunk is much greater than that of the kid, It does not recoil and remains fixed.
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Sonia singhmar
It happens because of the inertia of the trunk. Inertia is a property of mass. Since, the mass of the trunk is much greater than that of the kid, It does not recoil and remains fixed.
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