4. A person on Earth observes a space ship approaching from the right with a velocity of 0.75c and a rocket ship approaching from the left at 0.50c. What is the relative velocity of the two ships as measured by a passenger in each of them?

4. A person on Earth observes a space ship approaching from the right with a velocity of 0.75c and a rocket ship approaching from the left at 0.50c. What is the relative velocity of the two ships as measured by a passenger in each of them?

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4. A person on Earth observes a space ship approaching from the right with a velocity of 0.75c
and a rocket ship approaching from the left at 0.50c. What is the relative velocity of the two
ships as measured by a passenger in each of them?

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