Is Newton's first law correctly stated here?

jamiebean · Sep 18, 2018

Every object continues in a state of rest or of uniform speed in a straight line by zero net force.

is this statement correct?

kuruman · Sep 18, 2018

Are you trying to reformulate Newton's first law?

zanick · Oct 2, 2018

jamiebean said:

Every object continues in a state of rest or of uniform speed in a straight line by zero net force.

is this statement correct?

yes. but as Kuruman asked, what is the real question or did you just want to state an equivilance to Newtons first law?

bob012345 · Oct 22, 2018

jamiebean said:

Every object continues in a state of rest or of uniform speed in a straight line by zero net force.

is this statement correct?

If it's a one dimensional point. Otherwise if it's an extended body you have to consider if the zero net force produces a torque.

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