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Traveling toward a star at 1/2 the speed of light, the light from the star hits you at which speed?
The speed of light 100%  100%  [ 3 ]
1 and 1/2 the speed of light 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
1/2 the speed of light 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
The speed of sound 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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29 Oct 2007, 2:14 pm

A physics question really.



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29 Oct 2007, 2:39 pm

Here's a hint. The speed of light is true in all reference frames.



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29 Oct 2007, 3:42 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Here's a hint. The speed of light is true in all reference frames.


Yes, it is a constant.


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