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All vector quantities, and many scalar ones too, depend on the frame of reference.

There is no such thing as "real" speed or "real" direction of motion ... only speed

and direction compared to the motion of the person measuring them.

Example:

A person is sitting in a comfortable seat, with a book in his lap. Since the book is not

moving, he's able to read the book, and even drift off and nap for a few minutes.

But the person is actually sitting in Row-14, Seat-B of a transcontinental jet flight.

A person on the ground who watches the aircraft fly over him sees the book move

by at 350 miles per hour ... too fast for him to make out any of the words in it.

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