Imagine you were in a spaceship that had only one window with a narrow view. Out this window you spy anothership that takes up the whole field of view of the window. The ship moves past the window relative to you. Wouldyou be able to tell if your ship was stationary or the other ship was stationary? Explain

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 Imagine you were in a spaceship that had only one window with a narrow view. Out this window you spy another
ship that takes up the whole field of view of the window. The ship moves past the window relative to you. Would
you be able to tell if your ship was stationary or the other ship was stationary? Explain

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