George and Nancy are passing each other on the highway. George is travelling at 100 m/s....
George and Nancy are passing each other on the highway. George is travelling at 100 m/s. Nancy is travelling at 75 ms. a) How fast does George perceive Nancy to be travelling? b) How fast does Nancy perceive George to be travelling? Jane and Sam are passing each other in their spaceships. Jane is travelling at 0.8c. Sam is travelling at 0.7c. c) How fast does Jane perceive Sam to be travelling? (Circle one choice below.) Less than 0.70 0.70 0.80 Greater than 0.70 but less than 0.802 Greater than 0.8cc but less than ce d) How fast does Sam perceive Jane to be travelling? (Circle one choice below.) Less than 0.7c 0.70 0.80 Greater than 0.70 but less than 0.80 Greater than 0.8c but less than ce e) If Jane was to shine a flashlight toward Sam how fast would the light be travelling according to Sam? f) Imagine that the two ships pass by one another. The distance between the two ships is now increasing. If Jane was to shine a flashlight toward Sam's receding ship, how fast would the light be travelling according to Sam? g) Is there any direction or speed that Jane could travel such that the light from the flashlight in her ship would appear to Sam to be moving at a speed of greater than the speed of light? Explain your reasoning