What's all this I hear about Inertia ?

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Joe And Penny Goss wrote:
> Question of Inertia!
> Two equal length items poised on a fixed axis ala teeter totter.
> a steel beam 1' square by 10'
> And an aluminum beam of equal size.
> Which will require the most effort to start in motion?
> It is not like a pound of feathers and a pound of lead question.
> Just this farmers queer idea <g>


Farm boys know what work is, (mass*distance) and instinctively know that 
it's gonna be more work to move that steel. ;-}


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