When measured in a frame of rest the speed of the light emitted by a laser pointer will be c (3∗108 m/s), if the laser pointer were to be used on the tip of a spaceship that was travelling at 0.1c (one tenth of the speed of light) the speed of the light emitted by the laser pointer would be ____. 0.9c c it depends on the direction the spaceship is traveling. 1.1c

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