Read this sentence: after five years of working the same fast food job, paul overcame his inertia and started applying for better jobs. based on the sentence, what does inertia mean? a: a feeling of intense fear b: a lack of desire to change c: a respect or reverence for d: an annoyed dismissal

The correct answer to this question is letter "b: a lack of desire to change." After five years of working the same fast food job, paul overcame his inertia and started applying for better jobs. Based on the sentence, the inertia mean is that a lack of desire to change 

after five years of working the same fast food job, Paul overcame his inertia and started applying for better jobs. based on the sentence, what does inertia mean?

After reading the sentence presented above I believe that the word inertia means a lack of desire to change. This of course using context clues.

B) A lack of desire to change.

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