You are in a completely dark room except for a lamp hanging by a cord from the ceiling. The lamp is not hanging straight down but angled slightly from vertical. Are you in an inertial or non-inertial reference frame and how do you know?

You are in a completely dark room except for a lamp hanging by a cord from the ceiling. The lamp is not hanging straight down but angled slightly from vertical. Are you in an inertial or non-inertial reference frame and how do you know?

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

1st Edition

ISBN:9781133939146

Author:Katz, Debora M.

Publisher:Katz, Debora M.

Chapter5: Newton's Laws Of Motion

Section5.5: Inertial Reference Frames

Problem 5.6CE

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