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SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY |
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all rights reserved 2002
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Sample Problems Length
Contraction Example
1: If
you were to board a craft and travel at 0.9 c
and were 6 feet tall, how tall would you appear to the earth's reference frame?
Example
2: A
muon travels 10,400 km in the earth's reference frame when it travels at 0.998 c.
How far does it travel in its own reference frame?
Example
3: A
craft is observed to be 25 meters long when at rest on the earth. It passes you
and appears to be 15 meters long. With what velocity does the craft travel?
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