Question

Ben Tooclose is being chased through the woods by a bull moose which he was attempting to photograph. The enormous mass of the bull moose is extremely intimidating. Yet, if Ben makes a zigzag pattern through the woods, he will be able to use the large mass of the moose to his own advantage. Explain this in terms of inertia and Newton's first law of motion.

Answer 1

Because of the inertia of the bull is much higher than the man so bull gain more momentum on each step but while running in zig-zag pattern the bull has to apply the force against the momentum it has created and to move in opposite direction but in the man’s case the man is much lighter than the bull which means less inertia resulting in less momentum which makes man easier o move in zig-zag pattern than bull by the way newton’s first law of mation states that “A body remains at rest and a body in uniform speed remains in uniform motion unless an external force is applied to it”