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 1042: 43

Answer

$0.64c$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required relative speed as follows: $v=\frac{v_1+v_2}{1+\frac{v_1v_2}{c^2}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=\frac{0.84c-0.43c}{1+\frac{(0.84c)(-0.43c)}{c^2}}$ $v=\frac{0.41c}{1-(0.84)(0.43)}$ $v=0.64c$
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