1Which of the following relativistic statements seems to contradict what we know in classical physics?   The speed of light is constant and is independent of the motion of the source or the observer.   The laws of physics are the same in all frames of reference that are moving uniformly.   A beam of light that travels parallel to the aether would take longer than the beam that travels perpendicularly to the aether.   Waves had to have some medium to travel through.   2What is the rest energy of a neutron? (c = 2.9979 x 109 m/s, mn = 1.6749 x 10-27)   2.73 x 10-22 J   8.18 x 10-14 J   1.5032 x 10-10 J   1.5053 x 10-10 J

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1Which of the following relativistic statements seems to contradict what we know in classical physics?
 
The speed of light is constant and is independent of the motion of the source or the observer.
 
The laws of physics are the same in all frames of reference that are moving uniformly.
 
A beam of light that travels parallel to the aether would take longer than the beam that travels perpendicularly to the aether.
 
Waves had to have some medium to travel through.

 

2What is the rest energy of a neutron? (c = 2.9979 x 109 m/s, mn = 1.6749 x 10-27)

 
2.73 x 10-22 J
 
8.18 x 10-14 J
 
1.5032 x 10-10 J
 
1.5053 x 10-10 J

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