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Inertial mass is described as a property of an object or a:
AColour
BLocation
CMoment
DSystem
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. System
1. Mass belongs to the thing itself.
2. Newton's laws relate force, mass and acceleration.
3. Inertial mass is a property of an object or a system.
4. It does not depend on where the object is.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 'Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion', sections 4.1-4.8_
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