Asports car and a minivan run out of gas and are pushed to the side of the road. which is easier to push, and why?
a. the minivan, because it has more mass and therefore more inertia
b. the minivan, because it has less mass and therefore less inertia
c. the sports car, because it has more mass and therefore more inertia
d. the sports car, because it has less mass and therefore less inertia

The correct answer to the question is : D) The sports car, because it has less mass and therefore more inertia.

EXPLANATION:

From Newton's second law of motion, we know that the total amount of external force that acts on a body is equal to the product of mass with acceleration of the body.

Mathematically F = ma.

Here, m is the mass and a is the acceleration of the body.

Hence, more is the mass of a body, more force is required to change its state.

As per the question, we have a sports car and a minivan.

The mass of the sports car is less than the mass of the minivan.

Hence, it is easier to push a sports car as compared to the minivan.

The answer is:

D. the sports car, because it has less mass and therefore less inertia

Explanation :  

1)Because the car which has the lower mass will be easy to push.  

2)and when the sports car is less weight than the minivan, then it will be definitely easy to push when both run out of gas.  

-when the force equals the product of mass and acceleration. Therefore, lower the mass, the less the force need to be applied to push.

-when force is directly proportional to the mass of the object.

F = m a

when  F is the  Force

and m is the mass

and a is the  acceleration