An astronaut in a spaceship travelling at a very high speed with respect to your frame of reference fires a photon beam. The speed of the beam is c with respect to the spaceship. How fast is the beam with respect to your frame of reference? *

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An astronaut in a spaceship travelling at a very high speed with respect to your frame of reference fires a photon beam. The speed of the beam is c with respect to the spaceship. How fast is the beam with respect to your frame of reference? *
 
 
 
A. less than c
 
 
 
B. greater than c
 
 
 
C. equal to c also
 
 
 
D. 2c
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