Recent content by lytien

If you are inside a box that is spinning, can u detect its motion? At first i was thinking you can't the same way as if the box is moving forward. However, I was thinking that moving in a straight line involves one vector while spinning creates different ones so that you CAN detect...

A pencil is dropped from inside an elevator moving 5m/s upward. Calulate the time it takes to drop from 1m to elevator floor and its velocity. I approached as a velosy problem. Is this more of a Force problem ? I could calculate the velocity and time it took while the elevator was at a...