How does the mass of an object affect its inertia?

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Answer: If the object has more mass, it will have more inertia because the force of inertia's pull for more massive objects is stronger than a less massive object.

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Object 2 (we will make this one negative as it is travelling in the opposite direction):
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The angle is 18.3 degree.

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