Newton's laws cannot be used to describe the behavior of an object moving in an)
A) inertial reference frame.
B) accelerated reference frame.
C) reference frame moving with constant velocity.
D) reference frame that is stationary.
E) None of the above.

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Newton's laws can only be used to describe the behavior of an object in an inertial reference frame, which is a reference frame that is either at rest or moving with constant velocity. An accelerated reference frame is not inertial, so Newton's laws do not hold in such a reference frame.

Newton's Laws Cannot Be Used to Describe the Behavior of an Object