By giving an example, prove that rest and motion are relative terms.

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Rest and motion are opposed to each other, yet there is a close relation between them. For example, a person sitting in the compartment of a moving train is in a state of rest, with respert to the surroundings of compartment. Yet he is in a state of motion, if he compares himself with surroundings outside the compartment

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