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Science Bowl Question

📅 NSB Round Robin 2019🎓 MS🔄 Round 5#️⃣ Question 5🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

A hypothetical spaceship is traveling toward the Earth at a speed that is 20% of the speed of light. The space ship shines a beam of light at the Earth and an observer on the Earth measures the speed of the beam of light. The Earth-bound observer would determine the speed of light to be:

W) increased by the speed of the space ship
X) decreased by the speed of the space ship
Y) increased by the speed of the space ship minus the speed of the Earth moving in its orbit around the sun
Z) unaffected by either the motion of the ship or the Earth
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