Homework Help: Physics

Posted by eze1111 on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 11:00am.

A passenger in a moving car and a passerby standing at the road side see each other as moving in the opposite direction. Which of the following is not true?<
(A) The passenger is in motion relative to the passer-by

(B) The passer-by is stationery relative to the passenger

(C) Both observers are in motion relative to each other

(D) The passer-by is in motion relative to the passenger

Physics - bobpursley, Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 12:50pm
B is most definitely not true. The problem states: a passenger..and passerby see each other moving. How then can B be true?

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