The first law of motion says that an object in motion tends to stay in motion This law cannot be true if the law of conservation of momentum is true. True False

False.<br /><br />The first law of motion (inertia) and the law of conservation of momentum are not contradictory; they are complementary. The law of inertia describes the tendency of an object to maintain its state of motion unless acted upon by a net external force. The law of conservation of momentum states that in a closed system (no external forces), the total momentum of the system remains constant.<br /><br />If an object is in motion and no net external force acts on it (as described in the first law), its momentum will remain constant (as described by the law of conservation of momentum). The two laws work together to describe how objects behave in the absence of external forces.<br />