Question: An object moves at speed v1 with respect to frame S. Frame S moves at speed v2 with respect to frame S. (in the same

An object moves at speed v1 with respect to frame S’. Frame S’ moves at speed v2 with respect to frame S. (in the same direction as the motion of the object). What is the speed, u, of the object with respect to frame S? Solve this problem (i.e., derive the velocity addition formula) by drawing a Minkowski diagram with frames S and S’, drawing the worldline of the object, and doing a little geometry

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