WorksheetsRelativistic Velocity Addition
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 16mins
Mr Drucker is riding in a x-wing fling at 0.75c towards the Death Star. He shoots a laser ahead of him. At what velocity does he see the laser move away from him?
0.75c
1.75c
c
Not enough information is given
Mr Drucker is riding in a x-wing fling at 0.75c towards the Death Star. He shoots a laser ahead of him. At what velocity does the officer in the death star, looking out the bathroom window, see the laser moving towards him?
0.75c
1.75c
c
Not enough information is given
Sky Captain Drucker, leader of the Brainiacs space football team, is riding on his rocket traveling 0.8c. He throws the football towards the front of the ship at 0.6c. What speed would an outside observer, at rest, measure for the football?
0.92c
0.85c
1.40c
0.90c
0.95c
What would be the best estimate for the speed of a missile, measured by an observer at rest if it is shot by a rocket moving at 0.50c, and the crew of the rocket measures the missile's velocity as 0.60c
0.85c
c
0.55c
1.10c
