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Why would it require greater force to start a refrigerator moving than to start a dog moving?
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Why would it require greater force to start a refrigerator moving than to start a dog moving?

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The refrigerator has more inertia (the tendency to stay at rest) than the dog. This would make it harder to move the refrigerator than the dog.
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Because most refrigerators have greater mass than most dogs have, so greater force is required to achieve the same acceleration.
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