A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under the settings on a dinner table without disturbing the dishes.This is an example of _________.
A) Newton's First law of motion
B) Newton's Second law of motion
C) Newton's Third law of motion
D) the Hannum-Barnum law
E) Kepler's laws of motion

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This is an example of Newton's First Law of Motion, which states that an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an external force. The dishes remain in place due to their inertia when the tablecloth is quickly pulled out.

A Magician Pulls a Tablecloth Out from Under the Settings