Question #314283

Two particles come towards each other with speed 0.9c with respect to laboratory. Calculate their relative speeds.

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Expert's answer
2022-03-20T18:48:55-0400

The relative velocity

vr=v+u1+vuc2v_{r}=\frac{v+u}{1+\frac{vu}{c^2}}

vr=0.9c+0.9c1+(0.9c)2c2=0.994cv_r=\frac{0.9c+0.9c}{1+\frac{(0.9c)^2}{c^2}}=0.994c


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