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Name: Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia
ID: m42130
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Define mass and inertia.
  • Understand Newton's first law of motion.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: inertia, mass, Newton’s first law of motion
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org), OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Dec 28, 2011 12:25 pm -0600
Last revision to module: May 2, 2012 3:45 pm -0500

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Version: 1.2 May 2, 2012 3:45 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.1 Dec 28, 2011 12:25 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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