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Work Step by Step
As the van speeds up, slows down, or rounds a corner, it is accelerating. The van’s interior will not be an inertial reference frame, and newton’s second law does not hold for observers in that van.
University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
by Young, Hugh D.; Freedman, Roger A.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321973615
ISBN 13:
978-0-32197-361-0
Chapter 4 - Newton's Laws of Motion - Problems - Discussion Questions - Page 123: Q4.12
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