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A problem I struggle to conceptualise as I have began leanring about relativity and seek your guidance and knowledge on:
Consider a stationary observer at point A. Relative to the observer there is a train traveling at -0.6c. A passenger on board the train has a particle gun, and fires it in the same direction of the trains travel. The particle is fired at a speed of 0.6c relative to the train. Ignoring all logical rules as to why this couldn't happen, why does the particle fired not have a velocity relative to the observer of 1.2c?
Consider a stationary observer at point A. Relative to the observer there is a train traveling at -0.6c. A passenger on board the train has a particle gun, and fires it in the same direction of the trains travel. The particle is fired at a speed of 0.6c relative to the train. Ignoring all logical rules as to why this couldn't happen, why does the particle fired not have a velocity relative to the observer of 1.2c?