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First Law of Motion

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An object resists any change in it's state of motion, unless compelled to change by an external force acting on it.

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The correct option is A True
According to Newton's first law of motion:
All bodies will continue to remain in a state of motion or rest, unless they are acted upon by a net external force.
This property of an object that resists a change in it's motion (or rest), is called inertia.

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