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Which theory of relativity explains the following scenario: "A boy comments to his mother that it seems like we are not moving on this train while another train traveling the same speed and in the same direction can be seen out his window." The General Theory of Relativity. The Theory of Special Relativity.

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The theory of special relativity
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The best answer to the question: Which theory of relativity explains the following scenario:____, would be: The General Theory of Special Relativity.

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The General Theory of Special Relativity, also known as Special Relativity is a theory that was proposed by Albert Einstein and it was published to the public in 1905. This theory is today the theory of relativity that is universally accepted and has been already proven by experimentation, and therefore confirmed. In the case of the statement of this little boy, this theory would apply because it proposes that time and space would be linked for a objects that are moving at a constant and similar speed and in a straigth line and therefore it would seem as if he, relative to the two moving trains, at constant speed, and in a linear fashion, were not moving at all.

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