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Gerald works on a futuristic space station servicing interstellar space ships. He observes a ship traveling directly away from the space station at a speed of 0.6c. The ship launches a shuttle towards the space station with a speed of 0.7 c relative to the ship. What is the energy (including the rest energy) of the shuttle from the reference frame of the space station

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Answer:

9.14x10^22J

Step-by-step explanation:

r= 1/√1-(0.17c)²/c²

1.01477

E= rmc²

9.14*10^22J

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