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The speed of a spaceship is measured to be 0.50c by an observer at rest in the Earth’s reference frame.

As the spaceship passes the Earth it emits a flash of light that travels in the same direction as the spaceship with speed c as measured by an observer on the spaceship. Calculate, according to the Galilean transformation, the speed of the light in the Earth’s reference frame.

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1.5c ✔

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