A pursuit spacecraft from the planet Tatooine is attempting to catch up with a Trade Federation cruiser.

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A pursuit spacecraft from the planet Tatooine is attempting to catch up with a Trade Federation cruiser. As measured by an observer on Tatooine, the cruiser is traveling away from the planet with a speed of 0.600c. The pursuit ship is traveling at a speed of 0.800e relative to Tatooine, in the same direction as the cruiser.
(a) For the pursuit ship to catch the cruiser, should the speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship be positive or negative?
(b) What is the speed of the cruiser relative to the pursuit ship?
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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