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A rocket is traveling at speed 0.9c along the x axis of

Chapter 15, Problem 15.22

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A rocket is traveling at speed 0.9c along the x axis of frame 3. It shoots a bullet whose velocity v' (measured in the rocket's rest frame 3') is 0.9c along the y' axis of 3'. What is the bullet's velocity (magnitude and direction) as measured in 5?

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QUESTION:

A rocket is traveling at speed 0.9c along the x axis of frame 3. It shoots a bullet whose velocity v' (measured in the rocket's rest frame 3') is 0.9c along the y' axis of 3'. What is the bullet's velocity (magnitude and direction) as measured in 5?

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The rocket speed in  is denoted by  and bullets speed in  which is the rest frame of the rocket is . To find the bullet speed in original lab frame  we have use velocity addition rules in which  travels relative to  with  since rocket must be still in that frame.

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