Multiple Choice
Spaceships A and B are moving in the same direction. Spaceship A is moving at 0.80 c relative to a stationary observer, and spaceship B is moving at 0.80 c relative to spaceship A. What does the stationary observer find for the speed of spaceship B?
A) 1.6 c
B) 1.3 c
C) 1.0 c
D) 0.78 c
E) 0.98 c
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