Question

What causes an object to stay at rest?A. an object at rest has unbalanced forces acting upon it.B. If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, an object must be at rest.C. objects at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by unbalanced forces.D. an object at rest has balanced forces acting upon it.

Answer 1

C. objects at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by unbalanced forces.

Explanation:

An object will remain at rest as long as no forces are applied to it.

In this case, among the options, the only one that meets these conditions is option C.

C. objects at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by unbalanced forces.