An experimentalist in a laboratory finds that a particle has a helical path. The position of this particle in the laboratory frame is given by
where R, vz, and ω are constants. A moving frame has velocity
- a. What is the path of the particle in the moving frame?
- b. What is the velocity of the particle as a function of time relative to the moving frame?
- c. What is the acceleration of the particle in each frame?
- d. How should the acceleration in each frame be related? Does your answer to part (c) make sense? Explain.
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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