The Captain of Spaceship a Observes Enemy Spaceship E Escaping

question 582

Multiple Choice

The captain of spaceship A observes enemy spaceship E escaping with a relative velocity of 0.48c,as shown in the figure.A missile M is fired from ship A,with a velocity of 0.72c relative to ship A.What is the relative velocity of approach of missile M,observed by the crew on ship E?

• A) 0.37c
• B) 0.24c
• C) 0.34c
• D) 0.30c
• E) 0.27c

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Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a given set of data, commonly used in statistics to describe central tendency.

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The middle value in a set of data when arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values if the set has an even number of values.

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