Question: An ice skater travels on a frozen lake at a speed of 30 m/s relative to the shore. The skater then throws a baseball in

An ice skater travels on a frozen lake at a speed of 30 m/s relative to the shore. The skater then throws a baseball in the direction parallel to her velocity with a speed of 20 m/s relative to the skater. Using the relativistic addition of velocities relation, what is the speed v of the baseball relative to the shore? Keep enough significant figures in your calculation so that you can calculate the difference v - 50 m/s to two significant figures.

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