If You Were Traveling at the Speed of Light, Next

question 29

Multiple Choice

If you were traveling at the speed of light, next to a beam of light, the beam would appear to

• A)be at relative rest, traveling beside you at an equal speed.
• B)still travel away from you, but at a speed less than c.
• C)travel away from you at c.
• From this we see that the speed of light in free space will be found to
• D)have the same value for all observers.
• E)be relative to the motion of the observer.

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