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📅 MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 8#️⃣ Question 23 TOSS UP✍️ Short Answer

A ball is moving at a constant velocity of 1/2c in the frame of a space shuttle, which is moving at 2/3c relative to an observer on Earth. If the space shuttle and ball are moving in the same direction to the observer on Earth, what is the speed of the ball for the observer?

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