The Second Postulate of Special Relativity States That

question 52

Multiple Choice

The second postulate of special relativity states that

• A) observers cannot detect their uniform motion except relative to other objects.
• B) observers cannot distinguish locally between inertial forces due to acceleration and uniform gravitational forces due to the presence of a massive body.
• C) the laws of physics are the same for all observers,no matter what their motion,as long as they are not accelerating.
• D) the speed of light is constant and will be the same for all observers independent of their motion relative to the light source.
• E) the acceleration of an object is proportional to the applied force and inversely proportional to its mass.

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