Are These Valid Galilean Transformations in a 1D System?

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in a 1 d system.

x measured WRT an inertial frame k, are the following, valid Galilean transformations:

x=x'- sin(wt)
and
x=x'3Not sure where to go with this...
I can't find any relevant material anywhere.
 
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Galilean to me would imply a trasformation between inertial (no accleration) reference frames

this would mean the dervative of one wrt the other would be constant & represent teh relative velocity

neither of the examples appear to satisfy that criteria
 
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