Without force, will the object at rest move? All the chairs in motion soon?
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If an object is truly at rest, then it will not move without some external force acting upon it. This is one of the fundamental principles of Newton's laws of motion - an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Show more…
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