... an object at rest tends to stay at rest and 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. An example of Newton's first law of motion can be shown with our steamboat in water. When our steamboat is at rest in the water and is not ... when there is little force, and the mass of the boat is very large. For example, the steamboat will accelerate very much when there is large amount of steam being pushed out of the jets and the boat is very light. It will accelerate very slowly when there is little amount o...

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