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22nd Nov 2012, 21:30

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smith

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We're not talking forces or accelerations here, we are talking inertia which is velocity and mass related.

Remember the equation

M1V1=M2V2 (numbers should be in subscript)

Therefore if M1 > M2 then V1 < V2

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