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Homework Statement
A signal (traveling at the speed of light) is sent from -4 ls (light seconds) towards a moving spaceship traveling at 0.866c. How long does it take for the signal to reach the ship?
Homework Equations
I'm pretty sure its t=(delta)D/c-v
But I continue to get the wrong answer with it.
The Attempt at a Solution
using the equation above [rearranged from d(light) = (delta)d + vt]. I get 29 seconds. I do it by multiplying 4 ls by 3e8 and use that as my distance.
according to a spacetime diagram I have, the answer should be around 12s (my diagram might be wrong, but it doesn't seem so). But I can't seem to get it with this equation.