College Physics a strategic approach AP Edition
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Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 27, Problem 1CQ
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To explain: Whether there is an experiment could be done to demonstrate that we are moving while those on the ground are at rest.
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If the case considered is that the airplane is moving with a constant velocity such that we are in an inertial reference frame then there is no such experiment that can be carried out to affirm that people on the ground are at rest and we are moving.
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Hence, the reason is explained.
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College Physics a strategic approach AP Edition
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