An example of Newton's first law of motion (inertia) includes which scenario?

The scenario where a basketball is resting motionless on the floor perfectly illustrates Newton's first law of motion, also known as the law of inertia. This law states that an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external force. In the case of the basketball, it remains stationary on the floor because there are no unbalanced forces acting on it, such as someone pushing it or lifting it.

Inertia is the tendency of objects to maintain their state of motion, and the basketball exemplifies this principle by not exhibiting any movement without an external influence. The other scenarios depict objects that are either accelerating or in motion, which do not demonstrate the concept of inertia in the way that an object at rest does.