Past exam of the short options course of the University of Oxford / 2021 / 8 / b / ii / Solution

By definition $v/c=\tanh \theta$ and $v^{\prime }/c=\tanh {\theta }^{\prime }$. Using the addition identity for the hyperbolic tangent and the rapidity sum from (i),Thus the velocity-addition formula isThe denominator is positive for the permitted subluminal signed velocities. For the nonnegative speeds in (iii), the composite is also nonnegative and remains below $c$.