Question: A rocket cruises past a laboratory at 1.00 10 6 m/s in the positive x-direction just as a proton is launched with velocity (in

A rocket cruises past a laboratory at 1.00 × 106 m/s in the positive x-direction just as a proton is launched with velocity (in the laboratory frame) v = (1.41 × 106î + 1.41 × 106ĵ) m/s. What are the proton’s speed and its angle from the y-axis in 

(a) The laboratory frame

(b) The rocket frame?

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