According to Newton's 1st law, the law of inertia, if you hit a baseball with a bat it will _____.

hurt your hand from the reaction force
accelerate according to the applied force
fly in a straight line unless an outside force changes its course
fall to the ground because of gravitational pull

Question

According to Newton's 1st law, the law of inertia, if you hit a baseball with a bat it will _____.

hurt your hand from the reaction force
accelerate according to the applied force
fly in a straight line unless an outside force changes its course
fall to the ground because of gravitational pull

anonymous · Answer

newtons first law states Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. what is this saying if a ball comes into contact with a bat?