Which of the following best illustrates induced motion?
A) The moon seems to race across the sky on a windy night with a few clouds.
B) The wagon wheels seem to turn backwards in an old episode of the television show Death Valley Days.
C) While playing golf, you can tell how far away the green is by taking a few steps back and forth across the fairway.
D) It always seems as if one pin takes a long time to fall when you bowl a strike.

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Induced motion occurs when the motion of one object (in this case, clouds) causes a stationary object (the moon) to appear as if it is moving. This is because the movement of the clouds across the sky can create the illusion that the moon is racing across the sky, even though it is the clouds that are moving.

Which of the Following Best Illustrates Induced Motion