Explain, in one or two sentences, why a person who walks forward at relative to the…

PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Kinematics · Kinematics

Problem

Explain, in one or two sentences, why a person who walks forward at 1.2 m/s1.2\,\text{m/s} relative to the floor of a train appears to move faster than 1.2 m/s1.2\,\text{m/s} to an observer standing on the station platform.

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