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1. -11 points SerPSE10 38.4.0P.003. My Notes A spacecraft is to travel from Earth to a star 6.15 ly away. At what speed must
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L= 4010 ly Lo = 6-15 ly = = contracted dish actual distence - L= Lorona 4.10 = 6.15 V = 0.7453 C

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