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Is the relativistic rule$$V=\frac{v_{1}+v_{2}}{1+\frac{v_{1} v_{2}}{c^{2}}}$$consistent with the fact that light can have only one speed in all uniformly moving reference frames?
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Step 1: First, we write down the relativistic velocity addition formula: $$V=\frac{v_{1}+v_{2}}{1+\frac{v_{1} v_{2}}{c^{2}}}$$ Show more…
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