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Newton's first law is often given which other name?
AThe law of inertia
BThe law of gravity
CThe law of friction
DThe law of momentum
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The law of inertia
1. The first law describes what happens with no net force.
2. Galileo contributed to the formulation of Newton's first law of motion.
3. Newton's first law is often called the law of inertia.
4. It concerns an object's resistance to a change in motion.
_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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