Question
How do the inertial and gravitational masses differ - quantitatively or qualitatively.
Solution
The inertial mass and gravitational mass differ qualitatively.
Inertial mass is found out using Newton's law. On applying a force of F Newton to an object, a being the acceleration we will get the inertial mass as .
Graviational mass is defined by the gravitational force which states that there is gravitational force between any two pair of objects.
where, m1 and m2 are the masses of the objects.
Inertial mass is found out using Newton's law. On applying a force of F Newton to an object, a being the acceleration we will get the inertial mass as .
Graviational mass is defined by the gravitational force which states that there is gravitational force between any two pair of objects.
where, m1 and m2 are the masses of the objects.
