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How could you be moving in one frame of reference but not in another?

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That happens all the time. The answer is: One frame of reference
is moving inside the other one.

Example:

-- You're sitting still, comfortable in a soft seat, reading a book.
In the frame of reference of the seat, you're not moving, and
neither is the book.

-- The soft seat is in Row-17 of the passenger jet you're flying
in, at 37,000 feet. In the frame of reference of somebody on
the ground, you're moving at 500 miles per hour.

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