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QWhich of the following statements is true according to Galileo's concept of force and motion?

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  • A A body in motion will stop moving if no external force is applied ✔ ✖
  • B Inertia is the property of a body to accelerate without any force applied ✔ ✖
  • C When a force is applied to a body, it resists any change in its state. ✔ ✖
  • D Bodies of different mass fall at different rates when dropped from a height in vacuum. ✔ ✖
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According to Galileo's concept of force and motion, when a force is applied to a body, it resists any change in its state. This property of bodies is called inertia .

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