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What Did Galileo's Law of Inertia State That Contradicted the Older

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What did Galileo's law of inertia state that contradicted the older theory of dynamics?


A) The older theory said the natural state of all bodies was at rest,but Galileo insisted that there was no natural state.
B) Galileo said that a body in motion would eventually come to rest without any other force deflecting it.
C) Galileo said that a body at rest would remain at rest until an agent compelled it to move.
D) Galileo said that the motion of bodies was always uniform if viewed from a fixed reference point.
E) The old theory was mathematical,but any new theory had to take divine will into account.

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