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If a spaceship approaches you at 0.5c, and a light on the spaceship is turned on pointing in your direction, how fast will the light be traveling when it reaches you?
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If a spaceship approaches you at 0.5c, and a light on the spaceship is turned on pointing in your direction, how fast will the light be traveling when it reaches you?

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I'm pretty sure the speed of light is a constant so I my hypothesis is that the light will be travelling at *c*

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