Lecture-03 Reference frames and Newton’s second law

Lecture-03 Reference frames and Newton’s second law

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  1. Newton’s second law is defined with respect to inertial reference frames. Give an example of a non-inertial reference frame

  2. Is the Earth an inertial reference frame? Why or why not? show an equation to justify your answer

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