If a source of light is approaching us at 3,000 km/sec, then all its waves are:

A) blue shifted by 1%.
B) redshifted by 1%.
C) not affected, as c is constant regardless of the direction of motion.
D) blue shifted out of the visible spectrum into the ultraviolet.
E) redshifted out of the visible into the infrared.


A

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