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Title: A spaceship is moving in a straight line at a speed of 0.8 c (relative to Earth)
Post by: mikael on May 15, 2014
A spaceship is moving in a straight line at a speed of 0.8 c (relative to Earth). It launches a missile that moves away from the spaceship (traveling in the same direction as the spaceship) at a speed of 0.6 c. Relative to Earth, the speed of the missile is 
A) greater than 0.8 c and less than c. 
B) 1.4 c. 
C) c. 
D) greater than c and less than 1.4 c. 


Title: Re: A spaceship is moving in a straight line at a speed of 0.8 c (relative to Earth)
Post by: padre on Jun 9, 2014
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Title: Re: A spaceship is moving in a straight line at a speed of 0.8 c (relative to Earth)
Post by: mikael on Jun 16, 2014
Thanks again.