You are in the Enterprise traveling at half the speed of light (v = 0.5c), heading toward a Borg spaceship.  You fire your phasers and you see the light waves leaving your ship at the speed of light c = 3x108 m/s toward the Borg.  With what speed do the Borg see the phaser blasts approaching their ship? a) less than .5c

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You are in the Enterprise traveling at half the speed of light (v = 0.5c), heading toward a Borg spaceship.  You fire your phasers and you see the light waves leaving your ship at the speed of light c = 3x108 m/s toward the Borg.  With what speed do the Borg see the phaser blasts approaching their ship?

a) less than .5c

 
b) 0.5c
 

c) c

 

d) 1.5c

 

e) more than 2c

 

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According to the Principle of relativity, the speed of light for every inertial frame of reference is constant and its value is 

c=(3×108) m/s.

So, the speed of the light waves is c in your frame and Borg frame.

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