A spaceship takes a nonstop journey to a planet and returns in 10 hours according to a clock on the spaceship. If the speed of the spaceship is 0.80c, how much time has elapsed on the Earth?

A)

3.2 h
B)

7.0 h
C)

15 h
D)

17 h
E)

19 h


D

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