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A spaceship is moving in a straight line away from Earth at 0.80c, measured relative to Earth.
 
  It launches a missile that moves away from the spaceship in the forward direction at 0.60c, relative to the ship. Relative to Earth, what is the speed of this missile?
  A) 1.4 c B) greater than c but less than 1.4c
  C) greater than 0.80c but less than c D) c

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The captain orders his starship to accelerate from rest at a rate of 1 g (1 g = 9.8 m/s2). How many days does it take the starship to reach 10 the speed of light? (Light travels at 3.0  108 m/s.)
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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