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The inertia of an object tends to cause the object ________.


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Newton's first law of motion:

  1. According to Newton's first law of motion, “A body continues to be in its state of rest or uniform motion along a given direction, until and unless an external force is applied on it.”
  2. This is also known as the law of inertia.

Inertia:

  1. Inertia is the property of a body that by which it is unable to change its position of rest or uniform motion.
  2. Thus, the inertia of a body tends to cause the object to resist any change in its state of motion.
  3. It depends on the mass of the body.
  4. The greater the mass of a body, the greater will be the inertia and the more difficult it will be to move the body.

Hence, the inertia of a body tends to cause the object to resist any change in its state of motion.


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