the heavy jug is kept on a newspaper you can jerk the newspaper under the jug without disturbing it - Science - Force and Laws of Motion

Question

the heavy jug is kept on a newspaper you can jerk the newspaper
under the jug without disturbing it

Adya · Answer

Yes we can due to inertia of rest the upper body stays in rest and
the lower body of the jug shakes just like when we get a suddeb
firward jerk in car when breaks are applied