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Posted by sam on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 5:23pm.

frame of reference

can someone help me please with these first 2

background
stationary
mving
object
compare

now ue your defination to help you identify teh frame of reference in each of the following situations:

1. sun rises over the horizon

frame of refernce____

2. a bus moves past people standing on the side walk

frame of refernce _____

science - GuruBlue, Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 5:33pm
Here is an excellent site on frame of reference.
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=140
There are basically two frames of reference in physics... moving and inert.

In both of these there is a comparison between a moving object and an inert object.

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