A person on another planet shines a flashlight at you. The planet and the earth are both in the same reference frame and are not moving relative to each other. At the same instant that the person shined the flashlight at you, a person on a spaceship passing that planet and moving toward you at 0.5 c also shined a flashlight at you. Which light pulse will reach you first?
A. the light from the person on the planet
B. the light from the flashlight on the spaceship
C. the two light pulses will reach you at the same time.

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assuming that they were at the exact distance away from you when they both turned on their lights your answer would be C. no matter how fast the person is moving light still travels at the same speed. please give brainliest

The light pulse that will reach you first is: (C). the two light pulses will reach you at the same time.

Meaning of light and light pulse

Light according to physics can be defined as electromagnetic radiations that are visible to the eyes. Light speed in a vacuum is always constant and currently the speed of light in air is 3 * [tex]10^{8}[/tex] m/s

A light pulse is defined as an optical pulse of flashes of light.

In conclusion, The light pulse that will reach you first is the two light pulses will reach you at the same time, since the light was sent at the same distance.

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