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Social Sciencea) i) Distinguish between inertial and non-inertial frames of reference.Outline a method that you can use to enable you to distinguish them.ii) Assess the reliability of the results you obtained in the first-hand investigation outlined in part (i)b) Comment on the statement "a theory is useless unless it has supporting evidence"
a) i) Distinguish between inertial and non-inertial frames of reference.
Outline a method that you can use to enable you to distinguish them.
ii) Assess the reliability of the results you obtained in the first-hand investigation outlined in part (i)
b) Comment on the statement "a theory is useless unless it has supporting evidence"
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i)
Inertial frames are ones which are at rest or moving with uniform velocity with respect to fixed stars.
For an observer in such a frame of reference Newton's second law of motion is valid.
Ex: A train moving with uniform velocity is an inertial frame.
A non-inertial frame is one which is accelerated (linearly or due to rotation) with respect to fixed stars.
Newton's second law of motion is not valid in such a frame of reference, unless we introduce a force called pseudo - force.
Ex: A freely falling elevator may be taken as a non-inertial frame.
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