A Spaceship Leaves Earth at a Steady Forward Speed of 70

question 10

Multiple Choice

A spaceship leaves Earth at a steady forward speed of 70% the speed of light. How fast relative to the ship must the spaceship launch a shuttlecraft in the forward direction so that it will be moving
Away from Earth at 98.7% the speed of light?

• A) 0.84c
• B) 0.97c
• C) 0.91c
• D) 0.99c
• E) 0.93c

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