A friend borrows your red “Ferrari Spaceship Model X-119” capable of travelling at 0.85c. The Ferrari is measure to be 5.6 m high and 18 m long in a stationary reference frame. How long would you say the Ferrari is as it sped by you at maximum speed? Your friend has been gone for 2.0 h your time. How much time does he say has elapsed?

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A friend borrows your red “Ferrari Spaceship Model X-119” capable of travelling at 0.85c. The Ferrari is measure to be 5.6 m high and 18 m long in a stationary reference frame.

  1. How long would you say the Ferrari is as it sped by you at maximum speed?
  2. Your friend has been gone for 2.0 h your time. How much time does he say has elapsed?

 

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