Sunday, August 2, 2009

Are these in Inertial Reference Frames?

a) car driving at steady speed on a straight and level road


b) a car driving at steady speed up a 10 degree incline


c) a car speeding up after leaving a stop sign


d) a car driving at steady speed around a curve


e) a hot air balloon rising straight up at a steady speed


f) a sky diver just after leaping out of a plane


g) the space shuttle orbiting the earth

Are these in Inertial Reference Frames?
a,b,e,f,:yes

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