When you look out the window of a car that is traveling 60 mph,close objects appear:
A)to be moving faster than far ones.
B)to be moving slower than far ones.
C)to be moving at the same speed as far ones.
D)to be stationary and the far ones appear to be moving in the opposite direction as the car.

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As the car is moving at a constant speed of 60 mph, objects that are closer to the car will appear to move faster than those that are farther away. This is because the closer objects are covering a larger portion of the observer's field of vision, and thus appear to move faster relative to the fixed objects in the background. This phenomenon is known as "motion parallax."

When You Look Out the Window of a Car That