Question

A magician quickly pulls a silk tablecloth out from under a set table without disturbing the dishes and silverware placed on it. This happens because (5 points)

the dishes and silverware have small mass

the dishes and silverware are in inertia of rest

the dishes and silverware are in inertia of motion

the dishes and silverware are pulled by gravity

the dishes and silverware are being accelerated

Answer 1

The dishes and silverware are in inertia of rest

Step-by-step explanation:

Inertia is intrinsic property of a body by virtue of its mass. From Newton's first law, a body tends to be in state of rest or motion, unless an external unbalanced force acts on it. Thus, to pull out table cloth from under the dishes and silverware without disturbing it, external pull force is applied only on the table cloth and the dishes and silverware do not move due to their inertia of rest.

Answer 2

the dishes and silverware are in inertia of rest

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's first law of motion is that things at rest tend to stay at rest unless acted upon by an external force.

A silk tablecloth will have a fairly slippery surface, so there is not much friction to cause tableware to be accelerated.