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Motion in Straight Line
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What are the characteristics of inertial mass?

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Characteristics of inertial mass are:
(i) Inertial mass is proportional to the quantity of matter contained in a body.
(ii) It is independent of the shape of the body.
(iii) It is additive. 
(iv) It is a scalar quantity. 
(v) It is independent of the temperature of the body. 
(vi) It is independent of the state of the body.
(vii) When two inertial masses combine physically or chemically, total inertial mass remains conserved.

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