Suppose you are at a stop light and realize that an important antique physics textbook sale ends in five minutes. Naturally, you start off very rapidly. To you, some papers on the dashboard fly straight backwards. To an observer on the ground they
A) remained where they were.
B) moved forward rapidly.
C) moved backwards rapidly.
D) fell straight down.

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To you, the papers fly straight backwards because you are accelerating forward. To an observer on the ground, the papers remain where they were because the ground is not accelerating.

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