Two rockets leave from a planet, each traveling at significant fractions of the speed of light a) Draw this situation b) Choose the speeds of the two rockets as seen from the planet. Write these speeds in terms of c (the speed of light). c) If one hour passes on the planet, determine how long passes on each rocket d) Calculate the velocities of the rockets relative to each other

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Two rockets leave from a planet, each traveling at significant fractions of the speed of light

a) Draw this situation

b) Choose the speeds of the two rockets as seen from the planet. Write these speeds in terms of c (the speed of light).

c) If one hour passes on the planet, determine how long passes on each rocket

d) Calculate the velocities of the rockets relative to each other

 

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