Originally Posted By: BrentD
nope. Just looking for first principles. Simple as that.


What could be easier? Take a good look at Newton's Laws of Motion. Nothing complicated there and readily understandable. Then re-read my comments in this thread. Newton's Laws of Motion applied to the mechanical interaction of solid interacting bodies subject to external and resultant inter-body forces just like Newton describes.
TabA/SlotB I mean, this is REALLY simple. A body at rest/in motion remains at rest/in motion until etc etc etc

HTH

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