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1. Two rockets, A and B, leave a space station with velocity vectors va and vb relative to the station frame S, perpendicular to each other.
(a) Determine the velocity of A and to B, vba.
(b) Determine the velocity of B relative to A, vab.
(c) Explain why vab and vba do not point in opposite directions
U' = ( U - v ) / (1 - (vU/c^2) )
I have mulled over this problem for a while now and I know that since we don't have values for the velocities that U' will be some percent of U, but I am getting confused on the fact that the two velocity vectors are perpendicular to each other, which I didn't think would matter.
Perhaps there is something to the vector being extended by both vectors simultaneously increasing?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
(a) Determine the velocity of A and to B, vba.
(b) Determine the velocity of B relative to A, vab.
(c) Explain why vab and vba do not point in opposite directions
Homework Equations
U' = ( U - v ) / (1 - (vU/c^2) )
The Attempt at a Solution
I have mulled over this problem for a while now and I know that since we don't have values for the velocities that U' will be some percent of U, but I am getting confused on the fact that the two velocity vectors are perpendicular to each other, which I didn't think would matter.
Perhaps there is something to the vector being extended by both vectors simultaneously increasing?
Any help is greatly appreciated.