JEE Advanced 2008 Physics question
STATEMENT-1 : For an observer looking out through the window of a fast moving train, the nearby objects appear to move in the opposite direction to the train, while the distant objects appear to be stationary. and STATEMENT-2 : If the observer and the object are moving at velocities and respectively with reference to a laboratory frame, the velocity of the object with respect to the observer is .
Answer: (B)
Solution
Both statements are true. All stationary objects have the same relative velocity −V with respect to the observer, so the relative-velocity formula alone does not explain why near and distant objects look different.
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