Nov 3, 2015
Newton's Laws - Lesson 1 - Newton's First Law of Motion State of Motion
Newton’s Laws – Lesson 1 – Newton’s First Law of Motion State of Motion
Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion. But what is meant by the phrasestate of motion? The state of motion of an object is defined by its velocity – the speed with a direction. Thus, inertia could be redefined as follows:
Inertia: tendency of an object to resist changes in its velocity.
An object at rest has zero velocity – and (in the absence of an…
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