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question 44

Multiple Choice

Two spaceships are traveling through space at 0.60 c relative to the Earth. If the ships are headed directly toward each other, what is their approach velocity, as measured by a person on either craft?

• A)4.2c
• B)1.2c
• C)c
• D)0.60c
• E)none of the given answers

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