When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain.

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When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain.

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answered Oct 17, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 61 410 949

Inertia of an object tends to resist any change in its state of rest or state of motion. When a carpet is beaten with a stick, then the carpet comes to motion. But, the dust particles try to resist their state of rest. According to Newton's first law of motion, the dust particles stay in a state of rest, while the carpet moves. Hence, the dust particles come out of the carpet.

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