Newton's First Law of Motion - Physics || Future Learning ||

Newton's first law of motion, often referred to as the law of inertia, states that:

"An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue moving with a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force."

In simpler terms, this law indicates that objects tend to maintain their current state of motion (either at rest or moving with a constant velocity) unless something else (an external force) interferes. In essence, it is a description of the tendency of objects to resist changes in their motion.

This law is fundamental to our understanding of how objects behave in the absence of forces or when all forces acting on them are balanced, resulting in no net force. It provides the basis for understanding the concept of inertia, which is the resistance of an object to changes in its motion.