According to Newton's first law of motion, what would happen to a car traveling at a constant velocity of 55 MPH to the west in the absence of an unbalanced force?The car would slow down and come to a stopThe car would continue moving west with a velocity of 55 MPHThe car would slow down but never reach 0 velocity The car would slowly increase its velocity approaching but not reaching the speed of lightThe car would increase its velocity without changing acceleration
Question
According to Newton's first law of motion, what would happen to a car traveling at a constant velocity of 55 MPH to the west in the absence of an unbalanced force?The car would slow down and come to a stopThe car would continue moving west with a velocity of 55 MPHThe car would slow down but never reach 0 velocity The car would slowly increase its velocity approaching but not reaching the speed of lightThe car would increase its velocity without changing acceleration
Solution
According to Newton's first law of motion, also known as the law of inertia, an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Therefore, if a car is traveling at a constant velocity of 55 MPH to the west and there are no unbalanced forces acting on it (like friction, air resistance, or a push or pull), the car would continue moving west with a velocity of 55 MPH.
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