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An extraterrestrial spaceship is moving away from the earth after an unpleasant encounter...

An extraterrestrial spaceship is moving away from the earth after an unpleasant encounter with its inhabitants. As it departs, the spaceship fires a missile toward the earth. An observer on earth  measures that the spaceship is moving away with a speed of 0.600c. An observer in the spaceship measures that the missile is moving away from him at a speed of 0.800c. As measured by an observer on earth, how fast is the missile approaching the earth?

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