A Spaceship Leaves Earth at a Steady Forward Speed of 70

question 23

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

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