Newton's first law of motion states that an object will keep a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

To test this statement, Martin rolled a ball on a long, level street. The ball did not bump into any object, but it eventually came to a stop. How is this possible?

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Frida Riggs

Chemistry

3 April, 20:28

Newton's first law of motion states that an object will keep a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

To test this statement, Martin rolled a ball on a long, level street. The ball did not bump into any object, but it eventually came to a stop. How is this possible?

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Skye Barron · Answer 1

The answer to your question is because of the force of friction between the ball and the ground.

Explanation:

Exactly, Newton's first law states that every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impress on it.

After analyzing Martin's experiment we could conclude that Newton's first law of motion is wrong but we must remember that between a body and the surface there is a force of friction that causes that the object comes to stop.

We can not see this force but it is there.

Newton's first law of motion states that an object will keep a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.To test this statement, Martin rolled a ball on a long, level street. The ball did not bump into any object, but it eventually came to a stop. How is this possible?

Newton's first law of motion states that an object will keep a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

To test this statement, Martin rolled a ball on a long, level street. The ball did not bump into any object, but it eventually came to a stop. How is this possible?