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Please help.......Use newton’s laws to explain why an object in space that has no motion has to be shoved to move in the first place.

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Assuming that in space there are no external forces on the body,

Newton's first law of motion states that:

A body continues to be in rest or uniform motion not unless an external force is applied to change that state.

Therefore a resting body in space has to be shoved to change its state of rest to that of motion.

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