5. The lifetime of a muon is 2.2 µs traversing the atmosphere at 0.98c (average) (a) What is the lifetime (Dt) of this unstable relativistic elementary particle in the rest reference frame of earth? (b)  What is the minimum energy uncertainty range (DE) of this unstable particle?

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5. The lifetime of a muon is 2.2 µs traversing the atmosphere at 0.98c (average)

(a) What is the lifetime (Dt) of this unstable relativistic elementary particle in the rest reference frame of earth?

(b)  What is the minimum energy uncertainty range (DE) of this unstable particle?

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