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What is the name of the property of objects to maintain their states of motion?
The property of objects that maintain their states of motion.
Answer to Problem 4RQ
The property of objects that maintain their states of motion is inertia.
Explanation of Solution
Inertia is defined as the property of matter that resists the changes in the motion of a body. This property states that the moving body tends to remain in moving condition until an external agent or means acts on it. Also, if a body is in rest, it remains in rest until an external agent or means act on it. This phenomenon is also termed as the law of inertia or Newton's first law of motion.
Thus, the property of objects that maintain their states of motion is inertia.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the property of objects that maintain their states of motion is inertia.
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