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Re: A Physics Quiz of a different type

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
This brings up an interesting situation. If you were traveling at the speed of light with a flashlight in your hand... When you turned it on would no light be emitted? Light would be emitted at speed c, in your reference frame. If you are at half the speed of light and turn it on, does the light leave at half the speed of light? No. The light leaves at speed c, in your reference frame.
The answer to your question hinges on the same principle as the answer to the question posted here one hour previously.


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