Tom and Paul are on two different spaceships moving in the same direction in a straight line. Tom's ship, moving with a speed of 0.400 C relative to earth, sees Paul's spaceship moving slower and overtakes it. Paul measures the speed of Tom's ship to be 0.114 C. Find the speed of Paul's spaceship relative to earth. Group of answer choices 0.300 C 0.625 C 0.100 C 0.214 C

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Tom and Paul are on two different spaceships moving in the same direction in a straight line. Tom's ship, moving with a speed of 0.400 C relative to earth, sees Paul's spaceship moving slower and overtakes it. Paul measures the speed of Tom's ship to be 0.114 C. Find the speed of Paul's spaceship relative to earth.
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0.300 C
0.625 C
0.100 C
0.214 C 
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