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09madisonrousseau09

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Earth observes a rocket move away at 0.370c. The rocket is designed to launch a projectile at 0.505c relative to the rocket.
 
  (a) Fired straight ahead, what is the projectile speed observed from Earth?
  (b) Launched to the rear, what is the projectile speed observed from Earth?

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What is the energy of a photon of wavelength 3 cm?
 
  A) 82 eV
  B) 4.1  10-5 eV
  C) 41 eV
  D) 4.1  10-5 J
  E) 3 ergs


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Tabitha_2016

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

(a) 0.737c
(b) 0.166c

Answer to Question 2

B


09madisonrousseau09

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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