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  • 07-09-2019
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Two spaceships leave Earth in opposite directions, each with a speed of 0.60c with respect to Earth. (a) What is the SPEED of spaceship 1 relative to spaceship 2?

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  • 12-09-2019

Answer:

The relative speed of 1 relative to 2 is 0.88c

Explanation:

In relativistic mechanics the relative speed between 2 objects moving in different direction is given by

[tex]v_{ab}=\frac{v_{a}+v_{b}}{1+\frac{v_{a}v_{b}}{c^{2}}}[/tex]

Since it is given that

[tex]v_{a}=0.6c\\\\v_{b}=0.6c[/tex]

Applying values in the formula we get

[tex]v_{ab}=\frac{0.6c+0.6c}{1+\frac{(0.6c)^{2}}{c^{2}}}\\\\v_{ab}=0.88c[/tex]

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