Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1040: 1

Answer

(a) greater than $0.1c$ (b) Choice I

Work Step by Step

According to Einstein's postulates of relativity, light will be observed as having a speed of $v=300000000m/s$ for all observers at all speeds. The value of $c$ is greater than $0.1c$, so the observed speed will be greater than $0.1c$.
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