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A pursuit spacecraft from the planet Tatooine is attempting to catch up with a Trade Federation cruiser. As measured by an observer on Tatooine, the cruiser is traveling away from the planet with a speed of 0.620 c . The pursuit ship is traveling at a speed of 0.790 c relative to Tatooine, in the same direction as the cruiser.

A) What is the speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship?

B) What is the direction of speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship?

Exercise 37.17 Part A A pursuit spacecraft from the planet Tatooine is attempting to catch up with a Trade Federation cruiser. As measured by an observer on Tatooine the cruiser is traveling away from the planet with a speed of 0.620 c. The pursuit ship is traveling at a speed of 0.790 c relative to Tatooine, in the same direction as the cruiser. What is the speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship? m/s Submit My Answers Give Up

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A pursuit spacecraft from the planet Tatooine is attempting to catch up with a Trade Federation cruiser. As measured by an observer on Tatooine,
the cruiser is traveling away from the planet with a speed of 0.620 c . The pursuit ship is traveling at a speed of 0.790 c relative to Tatooine, in the same direction as the cruiser.
A) What is the speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship?

A) What is the direction of speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship?
v'x = (vx - v)/(1 - (v/c^2)vx)
v'x = (0.62c - 0.79c)/(1 - (0.79*0.62))
v'x = -0.333 c

B)
Towards the pursuit ship

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