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  • 19-06-2022
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What is the relative velocity of two beta particles moving in opposite directions at a speed of 0.8c?

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alcohen2006 alcohen2006
  • 20-06-2022

That depends on where YOU are when you measure it.

If you're motionless in the laboratory, then you measure the particles flying apart at 1.6c .

If you're riding on one of the particles, you measure the other one flying away from you at less than c

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