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Look at the rock sitting on the hill in the picture above. Gravity should make the rock slide down the hill.

What force is acting to balance gravity, keeping the rock in place? What force(s) are acting upon the rock?
Which one of Newton’s Law of Motion is being demonstrated in this picture?

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Answer: Inertia

Explanation: without inertia gravity could pull down whatever it wanted, Inertia is whats keeping the rock on the hill

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