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STATEMENT -1 : For an observer looking out through the window of a fast moving train , the nearby objects appear to move in the opposite direction to the train , while the distant objects appear to be stationary .
STATEMENT - 2 : If the observer and the object are moving at velocities ` vec v_(1)` and `vec v_(2)` respecttively with refrence to a laboratory frame , the velocity of the object with respect to a laboratory frame , the velocity of the object with respect to the observer is `vecv_(2) - vecv(1) ` .
(a) Statement -1 is True, statement -2 is true , statement -2 is a correct explanation for statement -1
(b) Statement 1 is True , Statement -2 is True , statement -2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement -1
(c) Statement - 1 is True , Statement -2 is False
(d) Statement -1 is False, Statement -2 is True

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