Please answer quick to get top ratings The captain of spaceship A observes enemy

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Please answer quick to get top ratings The captain of spaceship A observes enemy spaceship E escaping with a relative velocity of 0.50 c. A missile M is fired from ship A, with a velocity of 0.87 c relative to ship A. In figure below, the relative velocity of approach of missile M, observed by the crew on ship E, is closest to Alberto (A) is in a spaceship and he sees his enemy Enrique (E) escaping in a spaceship traveling with a relative velocity of 0.50c. Alberto fires a missile toward Enrique's ship, travelling with a speed of 0.87c relative to Alberto's ship. As what velocity does Enrique sees the missile approaching his ship? 0.65 c 0.37 c 0.58 c 0.51 c 0.44 c

Explanation / Answer

For relativistic velocity addition, here is what we have for this problem.

u = .87c

u' = ?

v = .5c

Apply u' = u-v/(1 - uv/c2)

u' = .87c-(.5c)/(1 - (.87)(.5))

u' = .65c (The first choice)

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