Velocity Addition: A person in a rocket ship traveling past the earth at a speed of 0.500c fires a laser gun in the forward direction. With what speed does an observer on Earth measure for the light pulse?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


c = 3.00 × 108 m/s

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