18. Two spaceships are traveling in the same direction. With respect to an inertial frame of reference, spaceship A has a speed

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katrin2010 [14]

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18. Two spaceships are traveling in the same direction. With respect to an inertial frame of reference, spaceship A has a speed

of 0.900c. With respect to the same inertial frame, spaceship B has a speed of 0.500c. Find the speed vAB of spaceship A relative to spaceship B.

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quester [9] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-05T13:25:53+03:00

quester [9]4 years ago

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Answer:

$v_{A} -v_{B}=v_{AB}\\v_{AB} =0.9c-0.5c\\v_{AB}=0.4c$

Explanation:

Because the spaceships are traveling in the same direction, you should subtract the speed of spaceship A from the speed of spaceship B in order to calculate $v_{AB}$ .