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3. A spaceship zips past Earth at 0.600c. When the spaceship is directly overhead, it fires a missile. An observer on Earth measures that the speed of the missile is 0.900c. What is the speed of the missile relative to the spaceship?

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The speed of the missile relative to the spaceship is hs =- MS (0.900c)-(0.600) (0.900c 0.600c) 0900-70 600可:0652c

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