According to Newton's First Law of Motion:
An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue moving at a constant velocity in a straight line unless acted upon by an unbalanced external force.
Mathematically, this can be expressed as F = ma, where:
F is the net external force acting on the object
m is the mass of the object
a is the resulting acceleration of the object
From this equation, it is evident that the greater the mass (m) of an object, the greater the force (F) required to produce the same acceleration (a).
In other words, an object with a larger mass is harder to get moving and harder to stop moving. This is because the greater the mass of an object, the more inertia it possesses.
To illustrate, if we apply the same amount of force to two objects with different masses, the object with the larger mass will experience a smaller acceleration compared to the object with the smaller mass. This demonstrates how an object's mass affects its response to applied forces, thus playing a crucial role in determining the motion and behavior of objects.
