4. In a colliding beam apparatus, two beams of protons are aimed at each other. The first proton moves with a speed of 0.70c to the right; the second moves with a speed of 0.90c to the left. Both speeds are measured relative to the laboratory frame of reference. What is the speed of the second proton relative to that of the first?

4. In a colliding beam apparatus, two beams of protons are aimed at each other. The first proton moves with a speed of 0.70c to the right; the second moves with a speed of 0.90c to the left. Both speeds are measured relative to the laboratory frame of reference. What is the speed of the second proton relative to that of the first?

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0.70c to the right; the second moves with a speed of 0.90c to the left. Both speeds are measured relative to the
laboratory frame of reference. What is the speed of the second proton relative to that of the first?
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