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A spaceship passes the Earth at 0.7c. From an observer on the ship, a missile is...

A spaceship passes the Earth at 0.7c. From an observer on the ship, a missile is fired laterally (from the side of the ship, perpendicular to its direction of motion) at 0.2c. According to an observer on Earth, how fast is the missile?

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