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Describe the one dimensional motion
Motion in one dimension is rare. This is surprising, because the natural tendency of all bodies is to maintain its motion in both magnitude and direction. This is what Newton’s first law of motion tells us. Logically all bodies should move along a straight line at a constant speed unless it is acted upon by an external force. The fact of life is that objects are subjected to verities of forces during their motion and hence either they deviate from straight line motion or change speed. Since, real time bodies are mostly non-linear or varying in speed or varying in both speed and direction, we may conclude that bodies are always acted upon by some force. The most common and omnipresent forces in our daily life are the gravitation and friction (electrical) forces. Since force is not the subject of discussion here, we shall skip any further elaboration on the role of force. But, the point is made : bodies generally move in complex manner as they are subjected to different forces.