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Samus is exploring the planet Zebes in the star system Metroid Prime (where the laws of physics are the same as on Earth and in our universe) in a ship moving at constant velocity. She turns on her headlamps as she encounters some strange fog. Ridley, the villain lying in wait, is at rest with respect to Samus. The speed of the light from Samus's headlamps as measured by Ridley depends most importantly on

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c. the speed of light in a vaccum

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Samus is exploring the planet Zebes in the star system Metroid Prime (where the laws of physics are the same as on Earth and in our universe) in a ship moving at constant velocity. She turns on her headlamps as she encounters some strange fog. Ridley, the villain lying in wait, is at rest with respect to Samus. The speed of the light from Samus's headlamps as measured by Ridley depends most importantly on

a.​ the speed of light in the fog

b. the speed of light of Samus's ship

c. the speed of light in a vaccum

d. the speed of Samus with respect to the ether

e. the total addition of speeds of Samus's ship, the planet Zebes, and the system Metroid Prime.

According to relativity,

1. The laws of physics are the same for all observers in any inertial frame of reference relative to one another.

2. The speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of their relative motion or of the motion of the light source.

This means that The speed of the light from Samus's headlamps as measured by Ridley depends most importantly on the speed of light in a vacuum.

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