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the picture below shows passengers on a dc metro train pulling up to a station. which statement correctly describes the passengers motion?○ the passengers on the train are not moving relative to each other and the people standing at the station.○ the passengers on the train are moving relative to the people standing at the station.○ the passengers on the train are moving relative to each other and the people standing at the station.○ the passengers on the train are moving relative to each other.
Motion is relative to a chosen reference frame. Passengers on the train are stationary relative to each other (same reference frame of the train). But as the train pulls up to the station, they are moving relative to the stationary people at the station.
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The passengers on the train are moving relative to the people standing at the station.