Velma is in a rocket ship moving north past Mort at half of lightspeed relative to Mort. She fires a laser beam forward from the front of her ship. Mort sees the laser beam move at

A) slightly faster than c.
B) slightly slower than speed c [lightspeed].
C) 1.5c.
D) c.
E) 0.5c.


D

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