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+//Example 28.4
+v=0.5;//Speed of spaceship (in terms of c)
+u_1=0.75;//Speed of the cannister as observed from the spaceship when shot towards the Earth(in terms of c)
+c=1;//Speed of light (in terms of c)
+u=(v+u_1)/(1+v*u_1/c^2);//Speed of the cannister as observed from the Earth when shot toward it (in terms of c)
+printf('a.Speed of the cannister as observed from the Earth when shot toward it = %0.3fc',u)
+u_1b=-0.75;//Speed of the cannister as observed from the spaceship when shot away from the Earth (in terms of c)
+ub=(v+u_1b)/(1+v*u_1b/c^2);//Speed of the cannister as observed from the Earth when shot away from it (in terms of c)
+printf('\nb.Speed of the cannister as observed from the Earth when shot away from it = %0.3fc',ub)
+//Openstax - College Physics
+//Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11406/latest