Arav sees a guava tree on his way back home from school. He decides to shake the tree to get the fruits to take home and distribute among his friends. As he shakes the tree, the fruits start falling off along with some dried leaves. This is due to ____of rest.

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Arav sees a guava tree on his way back home from school. He decides to shake the tree to get the fruits to take home and distribute among his friends. As he shakes the tree, the fruits start falling off, along with some dried leaves. This is all due to the inertia of rest.
The fruits and leaves from the tree fall as a result of the inertia of rest. It is the tendency of an object to stay in the state of rest unless an external force acts on it. Here the leaves and fruits are already in a state of rest. When Arav shakes the tree, the tree feels an external force with which it moves; however, fruits being at rest get detached instantly and fall off the tree.[153][154]

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