Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321993724
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 5FTD
You’re a passenger in a car rounding a curve. The driver claims the car isn’t accelerating because the speedometer reading is unchanging. Explain why the driver is wrong.
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