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Who is credited with contributing to the formulation of Newton's first law?
ANicolaus Copernicus
BGalileo Galilei
CAristotle of Athens
DJohannes Kepler
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Galileo Galilei
1. Newton built on earlier work.
2. Newton's laws of motion were part of his monumental work.
3. Galileo also contributed to the formulation of Newton's first law of motion.
4. Newton's first law is often called the law of inertia.
_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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