8.Question 8If you are traveling in a spaceship that passes by Earth at a velocity of 0.8c, and you fire an escape pod from your spaceship (pointed in your direction of travel) that has a speed of 0.7c with respect to your ship, what is the speed of the escape pod from the perspective of a person on Earth? (Note: You don’t need a calculator to answer this question--think about the possible answers listed.)1 point0.7c0.8c1.5cNone of the above
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8.Question 8If you are traveling in a spaceship that passes by Earth at a velocity of 0.8c, and you fire an escape pod from your spaceship (pointed in your direction of travel) that has a speed of 0.7c with respect to your ship, what is the speed of the escape pod from the perspective of a person on Earth? (Note: You don’t need a calculator to answer this question--think about the possible answers listed.)1 point0.7c0.8c1.5cNone of the above
Solution
The speed of the escape pod from the perspective of a person on Earth would be less than the speed of light (c). This is due to the principle of relativity, which states that the speed of light is the same for all observers, regardless of their state of motion. Therefore, even though from the spaceship's perspective the escape pod is moving at a speed of 0.7c, from the perspective of a person on Earth, the speed would not simply be the sum of the spaceship's speed (0.8c) and the escape pod's speed (0.7c).
So, the correct answer is "None of the above".
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