A spaceship leaves Earth traveling at 0.61c. A

Chapter 36, Problem 36.25

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A spaceship leaves Earth traveling at 0.61c. A secondspaceship leaves the first at a speed of 0.87c with respect tothe first. Calculate the speed of the second ship with respectto Earth if it is fired (a) in the same direction the first spaceshipis already moving, (b) directly backward toward Earth.

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