You are inside a jet plane moving at a constant velocity. You toss a rock straight up in the air, and then you keep your hand at the point of release. The rock comes down in your hand. This example illustrates
A) that moving clocks go slow.
B) the principle of relativity.
C) the principle of the constancy of lightspeed.
D) that light is a wave.
E) the Michelson- Morley experiment.

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The principle of relativity states that the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference. Since the plane is moving at a constant velocity, it is an inertial frame, and the rock behaves as if the plane were at rest.

You Are Inside a Jet Plane Moving at a Constant