A spaceship leaves Earth at a steady forward speed of 70% the speed of light. How fast relative to the ship must the spaceship launch a shuttlecraft in the forward direction so that it will be moving away from Earth at 98.7% the speed of light?
A) 0.91c
B) 0.97c
C) 0.93c
D) 0.99c
E) 0.84c
C
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What will be an ideal response?
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