Question

Which of these is an accurate statement of newtons first law? 1) in the absence of an unbalanced force, the velocity of an object remains constant 2) an object at rest tends to stay at rest 3) an object with no force acting along its direction of motion tends to move in a circle at constant speed 4) in the absence of an unbalanced force, the speed of an object remains constant

Answer 1

It's important to know that according to Newton's First Law, if there are no external forces (unbalanced means not equal to zero), then the object will reaming is velocity constant.

We have to emphasize the velocity here because it involves magnitude (speed) and direction, that's why we can say that the object will maintain the same speed and direction if there is no present unbalanced force.

Therefore, the correct answer is the first statement because it's including velocity.