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The weight of the body varies from place to place but the inertia of the body remains the same. Why?

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The weight changes from place to place as the weight is a vector quantity as well as a dependent quantity. Therefore, weight seems to be varying but the inertia is not.

Explanation:

The weight as already known well, is not a universal constant, whereas the mass is. As the weight is a product of mass of the body and the gravitational acceleration working on it, it varies as the factor of acceleration involved makes it a vector quantity.

And thus be dependent upon the direction too. Inertia of the body is an independent factor, on the other hand, an inherent property and so does not change.

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