Relative Motion

This week’s focus for the blog is relative motion. All motion is relative, but relative to what? Motion may have a different appearance when viewed from different perspectives. For example, I will have a different view of the motion of a car than another person on the road. This depending on the speed each car is going, and the direction that each car is traveling. In this picture it is an elevator. I myself am not moving when riding the elevator, but the elevator is. The motion that is relative to the elevator is the motion that is inside the elevator. In relation to the elevator nothing is moving.