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Who was first to discover the concept of inertia, Galileo or Newton? Who incorporated it into law of motion?
The first person among Galileo and Newton to discover the concept of inertia and the one who incorporated it intoa law of motion.
Answer to Problem 9RQ
The first person among Galileo and Newton to discover the concept of inertia was Galieo and the one who incorporated it into a law of motion is Newton.
Explanation of Solution
Galileo Galilei first discovered the law of inertia from the relation of the movement of Earth. In Galileo's experiment, it is achieved that an object will be in motion until a force acts on it to come to rest.
Isaac Newton was a physicist who expanded on the work of Galileo Galilei and described the connection between motion and energy of an object. Newton's law is introduced in which the first law of motion is related to the Galileo discovery. Newton incorporated the theory of Galileo into the law of motion.
Conclusion:
Therefore, Galileo first discovered the concept of inertia and Newton incorporated it into a law of motion.
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